IE University Application (Luca Pipoli)

1. My
innate
curiosity
By
Luca
Pipoli

2. The
DNA
factor
…
Curiosity
was
already
in
my
genes:
my
father
working
for
a
mulAnaAonal
company,
and
my
mother
with
a
passion
for
foreign
languages
had
lived
out
of
Italy
even
before
I
was
born.
When
I
was
3
years
old,
they
put
me
at
the
French
School
in
Florence
When
I
was
7
we
moved
to
Singapore
and
this
event
just
sparked
my
innate
curiosity
even
more!

3. Asia:
new
horizons
to
saAate
my
wonder
Making
new
friends
of
different
naAonaliAes
New
tastes
for
my
curious
palate:
I
simply
enjoy
trying
new
food
…
dim
sum
are
delicious!
New
languages
and
cultures:
studying
Mandarin
is
more
arduous
than
climbing
the
Great
Wall!

4. Travelling
I
truly
enjoy
exploring
places,
cultures
and
peoples
…
discovering
20
countries
in
the
last
years.
I
wish
to
find
the
way
to
visit
many
more
in
my
future
whilst
studying,
working
or
holidaying.
20
different
countries!

5. Curiosity
at
work
Since
I
can
remember
I
have
been
asking
quesAons
about
business,
market
dynamics
and
trading.
I
like
reading
the
Economist
to
keep
me
updated
on
the
world.
I
have
always
wanted
to
work
during
my
free
Ame
and
I
ended
up
finding
myself
a
part-­‐Ame
job
in
a
restaurant
and
a
few
internships
in
Singapore
and
Dubai.

6. Eager
to
learn
Studying
mathemaAcs
and
physics
at
the
Lycée
(French
School)
in
the
scienAfic
streamline,
I
realized
how
I
find
pleasure
in
solving
mathemaAcal
and
physics
problems
and
discovering
the
laws
of
nature.
My
aim
is
to
acquire
the
thinking
skills
necessary
to
solve
problems
in
a
more
and
more
complex
world
and
economy.
I
also
believe
that
there
is
always
a
gap
in
knowledge
to
cover
and
the
key
is
to
have
the
humility
to
ask
…
and
never
stop
to
learn.
“The
important
thing
is
not
to
stop
quesAoning.
Curiosity
has
its
own
reason
for
exisAng”.
(Albert
Einstein)

7. Curious
about
sport
and
trying
new
things
I
have
been
pracAcing
so
many
sports
–
even
extreme
ones
-­‐
and
I
like
them
all.
I
am
eager
to
try
new
ones!

8. Curiosity
driving
success
• Among
the
different
events
of
my
life
where
I
think
curiosity
helped
me
to
move
on,
a
special
moment
was
during
my
university
summer
campus
in
July
2018
• As
part
of
the
course
in
strategy,
the
different
teams
had
to
prepare
a
final
presentaAon
on
a
case
study
on
a
popular
App:
“Pokemon
GO”
• In
my
team
there
were
4
students
from
3
different
naAonaliAes
who
had
just
met
a
couple
of
weeks
before.
We
had
a
topic
to
discuss
and
an
effecAve
presentaAon
to
complete
and
deliver
• During
our
meeAngs,
we
were
always
going
around
the
App
and
the
market
status
without
really
analyzing
the
actual
problems
and
finding
a
conclusion
to
our
studies.
We
were
starAng
to
feel
pressure
…
• I
then
started
to
ask
quesAons
to
the
team
about
the
reason
why
“Pokemon
go”
would
not
performing
as
expected
• Discussion
started
to
flow
and
we
finally
agreed
that
the
main
issue
of
the
app
was
the
lack
of
efficiency
by
the
program
as
many
users
complained
about
lags
• We
later
discovered
that
the
App
did
not
expect
such
a
huge
success
and
consequently
the
company
had
not
not
invested
adequately
in
the
program
development
• This
helped
us
to
move
on
in
our
discussion
and
presentaAon
with
an
effecAve
acAon
plan
…
we
won
the
first
prize!

9. Curiosity
as
a
key
trait
of
growing
“We
keep
moving
forward,
opening
new
doors,
and
doing
new
things,
because
we're
curious
and
curiosity
keeps
leading
us
down
new
paths”
(Walt
Disney)
• I
grew
up
asking
quesAons
and
being
open
to
new
ideas.
I
have
always
tried
to
explore
new
and
befer
soluAons
to
the
issues
I
was
facing
at
school
or
having
to
live
in
a
place
different
from
my
country
of
origin,
with
very
specific
rules
and
culture
• QuesAoning
has
always
helped
me
to
befer
engage
with
my
school-­‐mates
and
friends
and
to
take
different
perspecAves.
My
friends
from
Italy
have
different
ideas
or
views
from
mine
as
well
as
my
locals
friends
here.
This
makes
it
more
interesAng
to
me
and
more
enriching
• Curiosity
pushes
me
to
new
challenges,
new
experiences
and
to
create
new
opportuniAes.
I
do
not
wish
to
conAnue
live
and
study
in
Singapore,
even
if
universiAes
in
the
City-­‐State
are
excellent
and
my
family
lives
there.
I
want
to
try
myself
in
a
totally
new
context.
• Curiosity
allows
me
to
think
criAcally
and
help
me
to
overcome
fear
in
hard
situaAons.
• Curiosity
contributes
to
shape
my
leadership.
I
know
I
have
a
long
way
to
go
in
this
regard
but
I
enjoy
the
journey!
This
is
why
I
believe
this
trait
of
mine
can
be
highly
valuable
and
beneficial
to
IE
and
its
community
on
the
way
to
understand
the
world

10. I
wish
my
future
to
be
…
in
a
new
conAnent
a
new
country
new
ways
of
learning
including
a
new
language
to
learn:
Spanish!
I
look
forward
to
jumping
in
a
new
adventure
for
my
curious
spirit!