We met the French Sebastien Cazaudehore in the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador. For the last 6 years, he has been living in Ecuador where he built and now operates a Lodge in the Amazon Rainforest. Before that he was living in Australia and Papua New Guinea to do his PhD in Anthropology. The PhD was more a personal thing, a few boundaries to push and a few questions that needed clear answers. Now he joined the family tradition at last and became an hotelier without any regrets and a lot of pleasure. We had lots of interesting talks during the happy hours and dinnertime. Sebastien is a not what you would call a common French guy. He has outspoken and inspiring thoughts and is a very adventurous entrepreneur. That’s why I invited him to participate in the interview series.
WHAT DOES ‘FREEDOM’ MEAN TO YOU?
Live withour fear, live without chains (especially if they’re yours), live without regrets
Que signifie «amitié» signifie pour vous?
A mutually beneficial bond with someone else that exists when people do things for others and not primarily for themselves
QU'EST-CE QUE «succès» signifie pour vous?
Success is anything that contributes to make me happy, everyday
WHO DO YOU ADMIRE THE MOST IN THE WORLD?
People going out of their way to make the world a better place despite everybody else
QU'EST-CE QUE VOUS DONNE DE L'ÉNERGIE?
All of the above, and the idea that tomorrow I will do something new, something I never tried before
AVEZ-VOUS UN RÊVE QUE VOUS espérer un jour REMPLIR?
No need to dream, I’m fulfilling them right now, some step by step, I guess it’s always a project undergoing improvements, but most of it is already here
EN QUOI ÊTES-VOUS UN TALENT DE LA NATURE?
There is nothing I cannot learn to do, so I’ll always try new things
QU'EST-CE QUE VOUS DEVEZ grandir comme une personne?
Liberté, at least how I defined it
WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER THEY SAY. SAVIEZ-VOUS RENCONTREZ CE?
Not physically fortunately, but indeed any experience, any tough moment in my life, helped build who I am today
DID YOU ONCE TAKE A LEAP AHEAD BY TAKING A SMALL STEP BACKWARDS? HOW?
Actually, I believe I never try to leap ahead, the pace might be fast sometimes, but I don’t leap. I might calculate every step a bit too much sometimes, but in the end I don’t have to step backwards.
QU'EST-CE QUE VOULEZ-VOUS AU CHANGEMENT DANS LE MONDE?
Sadly, too much for it to handle right now, but if I had too chose, I’d say a good change in this egocentric mentality that makes people hate each other and forget about everything else that matters so much more would be a good start
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO DO, Mais jamais osé?
Nope
Ce qui vous motive? Quelles sont vos valeurs? Ce qui vous branche?
My values are the ones that allow me to take a good look at myself in a mirror and still be content with what I see, so everything I do or say has to be done or said so I don’t lose respect for myself… and people not doing that, or lacking respect towards me or others… pisses me off !