Macron's Version of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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President Emmanuel Macron is France's youngest head of state since Napoleon and the youngest national leader among G7 nations. He shared his formula for success with Indian students. (One pro tip? Don't look for others to validate you.)

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00:00When you are a leader, you want to be a leader.

00:29You have to understand your world and have your own reading and understanding.

00:36And even if you can make mistakes and not have results at some point,

00:41if your vision is consistent and strong, at a point of time you will deliver.

00:53At your age, I think I had no clear idea about becoming a bureaucrat,

00:58as you said, and joining the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

01:06In fact, originally I wanted to become a writer,

01:12but probably I was less gifted than some of those in this room,

01:16so I decided to do something else.

01:23I became an investment banker without any competence for that.

01:27I learned. I worked very hard at the beginning.

01:30But for the second time I went against the cycle,

01:34because I joined the private sector to become an investment banker September 2008.

01:43And if you remember the past decade, it was the beginning of the worst financial crisis.

01:48And it was for me the best possible opportunity,

01:54because it was the end of the past world of this industry.

02:00Everything was basically upset.

02:04It was a huge change, and a newcomer could have a chance.

02:13This world is changing like crazy.

02:16You are dismantling of our old geopolitics.

02:20You have new common goods to be defended, like climate.

02:23You have new threats, like terrorism.

02:25If you are just short-term driven without any vision, you disappear.

02:35I never tried to find recognition of my action in other people's eyes.

02:43I tried to understand the current context,

02:47and rush in the direction I thought was the right direction.

02:51Sometimes you fail, but sometimes you succeed.

02:56But be yourself. Be proud of what you are.

03:05Women's equality is absolutely critical for leaders today.

03:09Not because of the mood.

03:11It's just because that's the unique way to preserve the actual balances in your society,

03:17and to avoid any frustration.

03:20A large part of the violence in our current world is due to the frustrations of minorities,

03:25frustrations of dominated people.

03:33Inspiring people is absolutely critical, because that's your best army.

03:37You need soldiers when you are a leader.

03:41And the best soldiers are motivated people with their own DNA,

03:45their own features, their own certainties,

03:49but inspired by your vision and what you want to do.

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