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Happy New Year 2023!
Another year is coming to an end. While there are signs of regaining a sense of
normality, the World is…
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Guillaume Hansali
Reflections of a French entrepreneur in Japan / Country Manager at Keywords Studios Japan, guitarist, and wine lover
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3 lessons to learn from Toyotomi Hideyoshi and overnight success
My favorite Japanese historical figure is Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who became the de
facto leader of Japan in the 1580s after…
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My 2021's top 10 books: #10 Listening
I wished I had listened more.
To now estranged friends, to relatives who passed away years ago, to teachers
who…
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My 2021's top 10 books: #9 Writing
For the longest time, writing was alien to me. I only wrote out of necessity,
and it felt like a…
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My 2021's top 10 books: #8 not so blank slate
Some books are too important not to be written. They challenge old
preconceptions by pointing at the elephant in the…
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My 2021's top 10 books: #7 thinking like an Emperor
Philosophy is sometimes disregarded as an impractical intellectual activity for
people who have way too much time on their hands.…
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My 2021's top 10 books: #6 leadership
One thing I love about reading books is the ability to see the world through
someone else's eyes and sometimes…
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My 2021's top 10 books: #5 the world DOES exist
I have no way to tell with any degree of certainty that I'm not lying down in a
pod, connected…
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My 2021's top 10 books: #4 Greek mythology
I remember being into Greek mythology when I was in junior high school and
reading Iliad and Odyssey with great…
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My 2021's top 10 books: #3 the world doesn't exist
When philosophers talk about the world, they don't refer to Earth. They usually
mean the whole of existence, everything that…
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My 2021's top 10 books: #2 Storytelling
Some books can profoundly change us. They give us new perspectives or remind us
of something we hold dear. They…
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My 2021's top 10 books: #1 Einstein and Gödel
2021 is coming to an end, and I reflected a bit on the things that have enriched
my life this…
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