Multicultural bilingual but where do you call home? Finding your place with Marc Oman

"Because I think it's very easy for people at the top to say, 'Hey, I made it. So come on, guys, try a little harder. You'll get there too. '

That's just not true. The outcome of where you end up is not just a function of how hard you try. That realization I would have never had as fully, if my sister was still here. "

Sounds like someone who had an awakening right? Marc talks about the moment leading to him finding his voice for the causes he stands up for today; most recently the Black Lives Matter movement.

A born Parisian, Marc is a bi-national French American, currently Senior Lead at Google’s data centers & energy team based in Paris.  If you wonder how he stays calm it’s got to do with meditation, cooking, sailing and surfing.  Marc holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from U.C. Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard Business School

Marc is that perfect poster boy for a dual culture kid. He's a multilingual citizen of the world – fits seamlessly into France, and I thought seamlessly into the US but as he says, and as many kids who are multicultural will say

 ‘You never feel completely at home in any one place. You're always a little bit less than the people who were born there.'

Being multicultural and a little from here and a little from there, with traditions from all over will echo with many of audience. 

Marc has been getting to 40 for the last six years. In his moment of vulnerability, he talks about when he realizes life can be grossly unfair for someone who's very close to you, when you watch them suffer because of it.

Happy listening.

Marc's references

Book recommendation - L'appart by David Lebovitz (2017)

"Let it go" - for example, see this short explanation of Gandhi's "renounce and enjoy" philosophy

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