We imagined that my advantage depended on my ability to put you in check, to surpass you, at times to eliminate you.<\/p>
This approach has permeated culture, the economy, politics, even language. We have created social and economic models based on competition as the only possible engine.<\/p>
It is the logic of automatic reaction, of preventive war, of continuous defence.<\/p>
It means imagining that my commitment, my work, my responsibility are not oriented only towards my personal success, but towards building a world in which you are as important to me as I am to myself<\/b>.<\/p>
\u201cVita tua, vita mia\u201d is not a gentle slogan: it is a concrete hypothesis of civilisation.<\/p>
Either we learn to see ourselves as interdependent, or we will continue to produce models of development that generate imbalance, conflict and exclusion.<\/p>
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From a linear economy to a spherical economy<\/b><\/h4> For centuries we have lived within a linear<\/b> economy, in which profit has been the only god.<\/p>
In recent years we have begun speaking of a circular economy<\/b>, more attentive to the planet, to reuse, to sustainability. <\/p>
It is an important step forward, but it is still not enough: the planet cannot yet \u201ctake a breath\u201d.<\/p>
I believe that the time has come to rethink the economy in a spherical way<\/b>.<\/p>
The sphere, to which I am particularly attached, lives by a simple and extraordinary law: it is a collection of points all equidistant from the centre.<\/p>
In this model we find three key ideas that we need as human beings: detachment, distance, determination<\/b>.<\/p>
\u2022 Detachment<\/i>: the ability not to totally identify with what happens.<\/p>
\u2022 Distance<\/i>: the possibility of seeing events from a broader perspective.<\/p>
\u2022 Determination<\/i>: the strength to continue in the direction we understand to be right.<\/p>
The sphere is resilient<\/b>: it withstands pressure because it distributes force across the whole.<\/p>
The sphere is sensitive<\/b>: it moves even when the plane is tilted ever so slightly.<\/p>
Leonardo, speaking of water as \u201cinfinite microspheres\u201d, reminds us that water naturally seeks and finds the shortest path to the valley. It is the same logic: a system that adapts, that senses, that seeks the best course.<\/p>
Here it is: a spherical economy is a sensitive economy<\/b>.<\/p>
It takes into account all the points of the sphere, not just a few. It does not sacrifice the whole for the advantage of a few.<\/p>
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<\/b><\/h4>We are not masters of the planet: gratitude<\/b><\/h4> For a long time we told ourselves that we were the masters of the world. That we could manage the planet according to our desires, our calculations, our interests.<\/p>
Today, perhaps, a small doubt has entered our minds: what if this planet were not our property at all<\/b>?<\/p>
And what if it were, instead, a living being that hosts us, kindly keeping us alive?<\/p>
From this awareness a simple and powerful feeling should arise: gratitude<\/b>.<\/p>
This breath \u2013 I say it sincerely \u2013 for a long time I did not understand it: it is free.<\/p>
Every moment is given to me, and I cannot buy even one. I do not know how long this gift will last.<\/p>
This is why it is right that I live fully.<\/p>
That each of us try to live fully, giving the best of ourselves to life as an answer to the gift it offers us.<\/p>
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<\/b><\/h4>Role, responsibility, priorities, alliances<\/b><\/h4>\r\n To make the new paradigm concrete, we need to redefine our role<\/b>, our responsibility<\/b>, our priorities<\/b>.<\/p>\r\n
To be responsible simply means this: to give an answer<\/b> to the questions that life places before us every day.<\/p>\r\n
It means asking ourselves: \u2022 What is my role today? \u2022 What are the true priorities, not the apparent ones? \u2022 With whom must I ally myself to be truly effective in the world?<\/p>\r\n
For years I have worked also with companies, managers, entrepreneurs. Many of them started from one idea: \u201cWe need more control.\u201d Control as the starting point of every process.<\/p>\r\n
I have always proposed a different perspective: control is not the starting point, it is the consequence<\/b> of a well-constructed process.<\/p>\r\n
First comes:<\/p>\r\n
1. Clarity about the role<\/b>.<\/p>\r\n
2. Understanding of responsibility<\/b>.<\/p>\r\n
3. Definition of priorities<\/b>.<\/p>\r\n
4. The choice of who does what<\/b>, because no one can do everything alone.<\/p>\r\n
When this is clear, control is no longer an obsession: it is a natural effect of a well-oriented system.<\/p>\r\n
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Do not control the process: control your inner world<\/b><\/h4> I would like to end with an idea that I consider fundamental:<\/p>
we must not control the process; we must learn to control our inner world<\/b>.<\/p>
Because that is where the process is born.<\/p>
As Daniel Goleman reminds us when speaking of emotional intelligence, we need to:<\/p>
\u2022 be more aware of ourselves<\/p>
\u2022 learn to master our impulses better<\/p>
\u2022 give a name to our inner drives<\/p>
\u2022 cultivate the ability to motivate ourselves every day<\/p>
\u2022 develop empathy towards others.<\/p>
I often say a sentence that was a real epiphany for me: \u201cYou are my expanded neural tissue\u201d<\/b>.<\/p>
What does it mean?<\/p>
It means that the answers I was looking for, in moments of my life when I was in a deep \u201cminus\u201d, were given to me by you: the people I met, listened to, interviewed.<\/p>
By entering into empathy with you, I discovered that each of you held a piece of the secret I was searching for.<\/p>
This is why today I simply want to say: thank you for being here.<\/p>
The new paradigm will not be born from a single individual, but from a network of consciences that choose every day to prefigure, to be responsible, to form alliances, to remember that: your life, my life<\/b>.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div>
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