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I share the real benefits I found from learning German and English, not the obvious ones (working abroad, better conversations),

but the ones I didn't see coming :

words that carry entire concepts your own language doesn't have,

a study method that became transferable to any big project,

and a daily discipline that killed my procrastination for good.

I also get into why I think 70-80% of learning a language comes down to vocabulary, a bit of a controversial take, and how the process itself became a quiet source of happiness, day by day.

Welcome to Built to Last, the podcast for people who want to build big things from the ground up.

In this first episode, I take on an idea we hear everywhere: "money makes happiness." I think that's false, or at least incomplete. It's not money itself that brings happiness, it's development: growing, improving, moving forward, whether financially, professionally, physically, or intellectually.

I explore the difference between two types of growth: temporary growth (a sudden windfall, an inheritance, a lucky break) which can look like happiness but is really just fleeting, unsustainable pleasure, and long-term growth, built on intangible assets, knowledge, expertise, well-being, which can never be taken away from you.

This podcast won't be only about self-development: I'll also share my experience in infrastructure finance, trying to make it accessible to everyone, without getting into spreadsheets or financial modeling.

Thanks for listening, and see you in the next episode.