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His first experience in a very large international consulting firm was an unforgettable recruitment experience. Certainly Christophe passed the numerous tests and other evaluations that confirmed his intellectual capacities. The singularity of this first recruitment was however there. Cigar-loving Christophe came to speak with his recruiter. To the question which cigars do you like, Christophe gave two brands … and it turns out that the recruiter was himself a cigar lover … of these two brands. “Luck, I’ve always had…”.

As a junior consultant, he had the chance to deal with situations that fell to him from the sky. For example, writing articles in high-flying magazines when he was only a junior, organizing cigar parties for the consulting firm’s top executives. All in all, everything shone down on him again and again, and it almost becomes tiresome. Far from it because Christophe doesn’t limit himself to using his luck without investing in himself, he exploited and capitalized upon it.

“I can’t do the average thing, I’ve given my everything for almost three years”. This experience was extremely formative for Christophe by rubbing shoulders with profiles from the top schools and having an affinity for the atypical. He was able to establish links with everyone because chance had prepared the ground for him well. One of the key lessons he learned from that first job was: “If you take charge, you have everything you want, as long as you agree to go to the contact without reluctance to make the effort”.