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Learning, technology, and physics inside life.
Short writings that move from a love of school to the first computer, from motorcycles to sailing, and to the perspective changed by coaching.
My Love of School
For most of my student years, school was the most enjoyable environment for me. In mathematics and physics classes, I would lose track of the world and become completely absorbed. Far from skipping school, there were times when I wanted the weekend to end quickly.
For me, school was not a place where rules were memorized. It was a playground where I tried to understand the language of the universe through mathematics and physics.
Over time, I realized this: learning is not something that only happens during school years. When a person can keep curiosity alive, every period of life can become school again.
My First Computer
I first encountered software through the Amstrad CPC 464. At that time, using a computer was not as easy as it is today. To do anything, you first had to understand how it worked, try commands, and investigate the reason for an error.
Later, I saved my allowance and bought a Sinclair ZX Spectrum. That summer, my world was made up for a while of sleep, short meal breaks, and the computer.
Basic, Pascal, C, Python... The languages changed. But the first curiosity stayed the same: turning an idea in my mind into something that works.
What Motorcycling Taught Me
Motorcycling entered my life when a friend said, "You should get one too." Over time, it became a whole different world through training, long roads, trips, associations, and new friendships.
My physics background helped me understand many things in riding more easily: why weight transfers forward under strong braking, why vision is decisive in a bend, and why we briefly push the handlebar opposite the direction of the turn.
Motorcycling taught me the difference between forcing conditions and reading them. Sometimes what is needed is not to speed up, but to slow down. Sometimes not to continue, but to stop.
Sailing and Limits
I first encountered sailing through a friend's invitation. From the first moment, what impressed me was how visibly the laws of physics appeared inside nature.
You cannot change the wind. You cannot stop the wave. You cannot ignore the limits of the boat. What you can do is read the conditions correctly and make the right adjustment at the right time.
In life too, the issue is often not to force power, but to use power in the right direction.
How Coaching Changed My Perspective
For many years, I thought about life mostly through systems, results, and solutions. If there was a problem, it would be analyzed, its causes found, and then solved.
Coaching training helped me see what was missing in that approach. I realized that people do not struggle only because they lack information.
Good technology is therefore not only what is technically correct. It is technology that can be understood in people's real lives, gives confidence, and can be used sustainably.
