In March 2025, I was invited to give a lecture at the University of Coimbra, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary ... For the first time, I decided to share my story without filters: the failures, the fears, the years when things didn’t turn out as I’d hoped.

One day, a friend I deeply admire wrote to me asking for help. He was lost, in the midst of trying to find himself. When we spoke, I felt a kind of quiet joy I rarely experience in my professional life.