De un capitán en este camino

Procesando todavía el final del mundial (en el cual Argentina pierde la final del mundo a momentos del cierre) y viendo una entrevista a Javier Mascherano me dieron ganas de bajar a palabras algunos pensamientos.

Estamos muy acostumbrados a solo buscar alcanzar conceptos como gloria, triunfo, éxito y de evaluarlos luego de una manera absoluta.

A mi también me molesta mucho haber quedado tan cerca de este campeonato, como a todos.

Pero luego lo veo a Mascherano, que estuvo super presente en todas las redes sociales como emblema y carta visible número 1 de esta selección (lejos de ser un jugador marketinero y sin ser una figura central que se lleve los flashes haciendo goles o gambetas vistosas) y lo escucho, lo analizo… y veo a alguien que siempre habla y actúa desde la humildad, desde el sacrificio, desde el esfuerzo, reconociendo y empoderando a sus pares, esquivando los halagos, hablando con el corazón pero siempre con la cabeza fría y mirando hacia adelante. Una bestia de capitán.

Y pienso: el hecho de haber llevado al estatus de ídolo deportivo a una persona con estos valores y que influya de tal manera en el armado de nuestro "ser Argentino" tanto a presente como a futuro (si, el fútbol ocupa tal espacio en nuestra Argentina) es un logro mayor que incluso una estrella más en nuestra camiseta.

 De todas formas, de seguir este modelo de líderes positivos (y como bonus track) los “éxitos” deportivos llegarán solos.

Life as an open book

Another farewell and more goodbyes on my way (never easy this part).

But life, with its moments and situations keeps moving.

In our life, the same as a book, in order to start a new chapter we need to learn how to turn the page; and I believe it is worth before doing it to take the time to remember, reflect and why not enjoy again what we already lived: until we feel ready and desirous for new experiences and our story keeps going.

I’m leaving Mexico, and this Mexican chapter gave me and showed me a lot: many new friends (not only Mexicans, but also Greeks, Hungarians, Brazilians, …), words (ufff how many!), meals (Aguacate and Ceasar’s salad: the real ones, Tamales, Aguachile, all kind of Tacos, …) drinks (Tequila, Mezcal, Clamatos, …) and also many different experiences, stories, self-discovery, cultural shocks and much fun.

But as a counterpart (I'm sure that life is always pushing us towards the balance, the equilibrium… and in the same way: nothing big comes without big efforts) I've also lived my most intensive, challenging and hardest working experience, from which I learnt a lot. 

Finishing this chapter is also the ending of a bigger story (with many chapters specially in Poland) because I’m leaving Reckitt Benckiser, the company that I’ve been working for more than 3 years, the company that opened for me many different doors: both professional and personally speaking.

But another chapter begins, and I believe that even bigger challenges, learnings and new stories will show up.

Thank you Reckitt, Thank you Mexico!

Dallas: I´m coming!

The Journey is the destination

After 2 years and a half living in Poland the time to say good bye has come.

I will be working in Mexico and most probably living in California, United States.

In this kind of moments plenty of mixed emotions come up.

I arrived to Poland (where I was supposed to have only a five months experience) without bigger expectations than travelling alone and having the challenge to live in a country that was almost totally unknown to me.

But several months passed, and after this time living here I have in my baggage such amount of awesome stories, experiences, feelings that is just impossible to point them out.  

However, I can say that I suddenly found myself being in an amazing country, with a really interesting culture and plenty of great people, some of them already considered my friends, and that word or “category” is such a big thing to me; not always easy to find.

I can undoubtedly say that Poland is already my “Second home”, especially Warsaw, where I will always come back.

But this is not a pity; pity would be moving out from one country without having any particular feeling, and this is not the case.  
Nevertheless, I feel that I am not leaving behind anything; every experience, every conversation, every friendship… now they are part of me, and somehow they are contributors of this Facundo Gambini, this person that is being built every single day, but having the hope (and the certain knowledge from my expat Argentinian experience) that distances do not necessary mark a final point, many times they are just a comma.

Through years pass by I realize that the most difficult thing in life is not getting what you want, but discover what you want; I guess that life is somehow this kind of never ending searching, and I’m sure in every place there is a huge learning waiting for us to be discovered, a new and bigger challenge to be faced, and finally a next step to be taken.

I strongly believe that we need to search, follow and live any situation that make us feel a bit nervous, excited, AWAKE, cause it means that we are leaving our comfort zone, and exactly in that undiscovered place is where we develop ourselves through being challenged; this way I want to live my life, and this way I feel right now.

As I always say, change is the only permanent thing in life; I will keep on moving, eager to know what's next… in the end life is not a final destination to reach, but an unpredictable and surprising journey, isn’t it?