Same for my studies, for my professional life.

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And Céline was clearly a key person in my success. There were others, but she was a key person, probably the most key person, even if it's difficult to have a hierarchy since my parents gave me an education that allowed me to succeed, etc. But she was one of the really most key people.

When I wanted to do my engineering internship in the Paris region, she told me: "OK. We'll go together". When, a year later, I told her: "Well, I have a job offer in Austria", she told me: "OK. Let's go". When I wanted to create Français Authentique, she didn't really believe in it, but she never stopped me, she was there: "OK. Yes, good idea. Go for it". And for all the projects in fact that I can lead, she is there, she trusts me, she is with me, she helps me, she accompanies me, she supports me and she is always there for me.

And if I had, in 2002, made another decision, if I had not made this decision to get into a relationship with her, my life would very very probably be different today. And yet, it is a decision that I made… so, I do not say randomly, there was love, love at first sight, there was everything you want, but it is not something, it was not a rational decision that I would have made after thinking about it for hours and hours. So, it is luck.

I didn't know what I wanted to do, so, in high school, as I had good results and I didn't know what to do, I did a scientific baccalaureate, which is generally what is recommended in France to students who don't know what to do. Then, I still didn't know what to do, what studies to orient myself towards.

So, I did two years of engineering science, because it allowed me to be a generalist and to continue learning and to keep lots of doors open for me in fact. Then, I studied materials, two years of materials at university and two years at engineering school. I did an internship in metallurgy by chance, I loved it. I then did an laos whatsapp number data internship in automotive metallurgy, I loved it. And I had my first job in metallurgy, I loved it. I was a development engineer, I really liked it. And I was offered a project manager position by chance, I said yes by chance, I liked it by chance, even if I didn't ultimately like the corporate world, but that's another subject. I was very, very lucky because everything happened naturally without me spending hours and hours thinking about it.

For children, it's the same thing. We had children because it was part of a... it was normal, it was part of the process, but I didn't ask myself a lot of questions like some of my friends do. Am I going to be a good father? My life is going to change. What am I going to do? How am I going to do it? It was natural. Well, once again, I was very lucky to have Céline because Céline knows a lot... well, knows a lot about education, etc. and that helped me a lot. But once again, I didn't ask myself a million questions. And rather naturally, up until now in any case, I've actually done pretty well.

Same for Français Authentique, I started in 2011, I just made podcasts, videos, regularly. For a very very long time, I didn't focus on success, on competition. What interested me was to be useful and to have some positive feedback that showed me that I was useful and that I was helping people, quite simply. I didn't need more. I made lots of mistakes, of course. I got a bit distracted at one point, etc. I made mistakes, but that didn't stop me or it didn't stop Français Authentique from developing and working well. And I see lots of people who ask themselves dozens of questions before setting up a project, who procrastinate for years and who do nothing. I was lucky enough to say to myself "well, I'm going for it" like that, gradually.

And you see, there are plenty of other examples. I will have plenty of other examples of the luck I had by simply acting, without thinking too much. Which seems paradoxical given my personality, because I am a rather anxious person by nature, rather rational, or at least that is how I perceive myself. And yet, I realize that the key decisions came all by themselves in fact. You see, I just acted. As the famous advert of the big American brand says, which I will not quote, "just do it", you do it and that's it. And there you have it.