It is exciting to find oneself at such a crossroad of opportunities. Many people accepted early offers to limit their downsides. I have chosen a different path to maximize the upside. After such a plethora of change this year, it feels worth spending time to shape up our career paths – if it came down to just finding a job out of necessity, we should all feel confident that it would be possible.

It is also good to get our priorities right. Tonight is football at the Frog and Rosbif (owned by Insead alumni) in Paris for lager, ruby bitter, wheat beer, bitter and stout, fish and chips, chicken curry and various other British Pub Food in front of the UEFA Cup finals!