#65 – Have coffee with 100 strangers

WHY ?

After leaving my company and hand over the reins to TF1, I found myself with a big void in my days. I asked myself what I wanted to do with my life now, what I wanted to write in this new chapter. 

At the same time, Raphael Thobie sent me the following message on Messenger: “Your new title Linkedin lets me (maybe?) think that you’ve been able to free up a bit of time, available for an invitation to lunch? If you like Lebanese food I have a very good address! “

At this point, I don’t know Raphael, although I realize we’ve exchanged a few messages over the past two years. So, as a reflex, I start copying and pasting his name to go to his linkedin profile. I analyze his profile and I wonder what I will be able to “get” out of this meeting.

And all of a sudden… I stop on the spot.

I realized over the last 10 years, I was always running after time and that every hour of my day had to be “optimized”. As a result, I greatly “selected” the people I met.

I started talking to myself: “So now, Maxime, you’re wondering if it’s worth it? Are you serious? You have NOTHING to do with your day right now. Do me the pleasure of accepting this invitation and please don’t expect anything in return. »

Two hours later, I’m having lunch with a stranger at the Café des Arts et Métiers without expecting anything in return. We’ll talk about anything and everything. A great “feel good” moment.

So much so, that I’m going to decide to take the experience a step further: having coffee with 100 strangers…

https://www.instagram.com/tv/B4aUbWEoN22/

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HOW ?

After posting the video (above) on my social media, I received over 200 requests. I took the time to accept the first 30 before I left for Australia, that’s a coffee every 2 days.

Each coffee was a small leap into the unknown, not knowing what to expect or what we were going to talk about. They knew me for sure, but to me they were all strangers.

While taking all these coffees, I realized that many of us buried our dreams under the “everyday life” and for me also. We think we “have time” to realize our dreams later, as if we were waiting for the “right time”.

If I live to be 90 years old, I have 660 months left to live.

Except that life is so short and we don’t know what tomorrow will bring. So I asked myself what I wanted to accomplish before I died. Two weeks later, here I am, with a bucket list of 100 things to do. 5 months later, here I am, in Australia, living the life of a digital nomad.

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THE LIST OF 100 COFFEES

1	31/10/19	Raphael Thobie	Paris
2	05/11/2019	Simon Parichi	Paris
3	12/11/2019	Nicolas Lemeteyer	Paris
4	13/11/2019	Cédric Delport	Paris
5	13/11/2019	Eric Bennephtali	Paris
6	18/11/2019	Mbasse Sene	Paris
7	20/11/2019	Emmanuel Paraschiv	Paris
8	22/11/2019	Diane Hugues	Paris
9	23/11/2019	Hatem Chelbi	Paris
10	26/11/2019	Fati Mrani	Paris
11	26/11/2019	Marie Bastide	Paris
12	27/11/2019	Sebastien Grimaud	Paris
13	27/11/2019	Aleksandra Skora	Paris
14	28/11/2019	Vanessa Matkovic	Paris
15	30/11/2019	Marc Samama	Paris
16	04/12/2019	Virginie Dubost	Paris
17	05/12/2019	Pierre Constant	Paris
18	05/12/2019	Julie Mergui	Paris
19	05/12/2019	Laurie Orsini	Paris
20	06/12/2019	Constance Gatbois	Paris
21	09/12/2019	Yannis Kaci	Paris
22	10/12/2019	Thibault Mouty	Paris
23	11/12/2019	Guillaume Leguen	Paris
24	12/12/2019	Charles Brumauld	Paris
25	12/12/2019	Sarra Khemiri	Paris
26	12/12/2019	Cedric Teboul	Paris
27	15/12/2019	Alexandre Sagakian	Paris
28	19/12/2019	Jamal Henni	Paris
29	20/12/2019	Helen Verryser	Paris
30	21/12/2019	Flavio Bonnet	Paris
31	02/01/2020	Victoria Bardiau	Sydney
32	04/01/2020	Amandine Nury	Sydney
33	07/01/2020	Jacob Hkeik	Sydney
34	08/01/2020	Valérie Blanchard	Sydney
35	14/01/2020	Mickael Lechalier	Sydney
36	06/02/2020	Christie Jenkins	Sydney
37	07/02/2020	Tom Meyer	Sydney
38	23/02/2020	Nina Habeck	Auckland
39	18/03/2020	Jocieli Reis	Sydney
40	18/03/2020	Adam Patterson	Sydney
41	27/03/2020	Kimberly McIntosh	Sydney
42	03/05/2020	Robin Van Rooij	Sydney
43	09/05/2020	Anais Origas	Sydney
44	20/05/2020	Clémence Désilles	Sydney
45	21/05/2020	Guy Cornaille	Sydney
46	28/05/2020	Andrew de Bruijn	Sydney
47	01/06/2020	Alysée Gl	Sydney
48	02/06/2020	May Lam	Sydney
49	12/06/2020	Lea Grincourt	Sydney
50	22/06/2020	Aude Sanchez	Paris
51	23/06/2020	Emile Trojani	Paris
52	23/06/2020	Sophia Zaïme	Paris
53	25/06/2020	Narguès Adle-Jahanguiri	Paris
54	29/06/2020	Iryna Patrash	Paris
55	01/07/2020	Pierre Pointard	Paris
56	01/07/2020	Memo Garzag	Paris
57	02/07/2020	May Jiang	Paris
58	06/07/2020	Julie Chopinet	Paris
59	07/07/2020	Quentin Despas	Paris
60	07/07/2020	Sophie Gelin	Paris
61	08/07/2020	Alexis Cassin	Paris
62	09/07/2020	Caroline Loisel	Paris
63	11/07/2020	Clarisse Lhoni-Botte	Paris
64	15/07/2020	Jessie Novana	Paris
65	01/08/2020	Tarek E.C.	Londres
66	05/08/2020	Nikki De Marchi	Londres
67	12/08/2020	Marine Creste	Londres
68	22/08/2020	Sonia Amori	Paris
69	22/08/2020	Laure Pressac	Paris
70	27/08/2020	Julien Hatton	Londres
71	27/08/2020	Katharina Gohl	Londres
72	29/09/2020	Thomas Goupil	Paris
73	30/09/2020	Damien Moubêche	Paris
74	01/10/2020	Barthelemy de Mazenod	Lisbonne
75	08/10/2020	Alexandre Boisard	Lisbonne
76	03/11/2020	Daniel Mp	Lisbonne
77	19/11/2020	Isaure Helye	Lisbonne
78	19/11/2020	Laetitia Duveau	Lisbonne
79	11/12/2020	Adrien Hardy	Lisbonne
80	14/12/2020	Jessica Olivio	Lisbonne
81	14/12/2020	Uliana Shargaeva	Lisbonne
82	16/12/2020	Mariana Knight	Lisbonne
83	16/12/2020	Cassien Oyin	Lisbonne
84	16/12/2020	My Le	Lisbonne
85	17/12/2020	Dennis Nazare	Zoom (Paris)
86	17/12/2020	Antonia Markoviti	Lisbonne
87	17/12/2020	Jordan Howard	Lisbonne
88	17/12/2020	Marie Garaud	Zoom (Paris)
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I still have room left on that list! So if you want to have a coffee with me (check my insta to know where I am in the world), it’s with great pleasure!

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