Raised in New Caledonia, where the Japanese coined the “Island closest to Heaven,” Laurent Bernut came here as an exchange student with a passion for karate. Being a US CPA, he was hired locally and learned tax accounting in Japanese, which was on-the-job training and language immersion bundled into one. Laurent is now a multilingual business owner involved in real estate and is completing a book about algorithmic short selling in Python (soon to be published). He is an avid kite surfer and is strongly interested in “inner work” and spiritual workouts! What an empowering conversation that echoes my beliefs that our thoughts create our future.