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MONACO WORDS OF WISDOM
HelloMonaco: Is harmony important to you?
Guillaume Rose: I think that harmony is very important — we need
harmony. I look forward to getting harmony as much as I can. For
me, I think harmony is being balanced between well-being, which
means being well in your own body, and of the soul. Being able to
meet people, finding new people, finding new ways of thinking and
bringing [harmony] back to your home and family.
HM: What is your purpose in life?
GR: I would say that my purpose in life is to be happy and make peo-
ple happy. Giving them back the happiness that they give me. Be-
cause I am a builder — I don’t want to destroy things. And I am not
someone who can watch things deteriorate. I want to bring equilib-
rium and happiness to people as much as I can.
HM: Wouldn’t you consider yourself a fighter?
GR: I am a fighter, but it takes more energy to bring people together
than it does to divide them. It takes a lot of energy to make people
be aware that we are all part of the same thing. That we all have the
same interests, which is how to raise our children properly, how not
to pollute the environment, how not to destroy each other’s efforts
just to show that you’ve got more muscles than others. It’s very im-
portant to build and put your energy into positive things. You need
more fighting spirit than if you just want to destroy everything.
HM: Do you believe that you cannot love others unless you love
yourself?
GR: I really believe that you can’t love properly if you don’t think that
you’ve got that sparkle of love in yourself. So, you can’t be too much
in love with yourself, or else it’s destructive, but you’ve got to know
very well who you are and you’ve got to be able to forgive yourself.
HM: What role does money play in your life?
GR: I would consider money to be a fate, meaning that to be happy,
you have to get rid of it. That I know. But to get rid of it, you have to
have it. So first, work to get enough money to be able not to think
It takes more energy to bring
people together than it does
to divide them.
about money. That’s very important, because the less you get, the
more you have to think about it. My philosophy is to work to get
enough money to be able to get rid of it from your mind.
HM: Do you think money is an important criterion for success?
GR: I’ve met a lot of successful people in my life. I’ve never been as-
tonished by people who are successful because of their money. I’ve
always been astonished by their accomplishments. Writers, actors,
gardeners, cooks, can be incredibly successful people because they
give happiness to people. I don’t consider people successful because
they own things; they are successful because they achieved things.
HM: What is luxury for you?
GR: Luxury is the very essence of Monte-Carlo, and I have promoted
Monte-Carlo all my life. I would say that luxury is being able to live
your dream. That is real luxury. You dream of a yacht? You’ve got
a yacht. That’s absolute luxury. But if you dream of a garden, and
you’ve got a garden, that is luxury too. Monaco specialises in mak-
ing your dreams come true. Going to refined places with refined
people, that’s absolute luxury. Why is our Grand Prix a luxury Grand
Prix? Not because of the circuit itself — which is spectacular — but
because the people you see the Grand Prix with are different. These
are luxury people which means that these are people who came to
see a refined atmosphere and enjoy it amongst other people who
look for the same.
HM: What is happiness for you?
GR: I really think that happiness is a state of mind. It is easy, in your
day, to find a thousand reasons not to be happy. So in a way, if you
don’t want to be happy, you will never be happy. But if you want to
be happy, you find happiness in yourself. It’s not a matter of things
you experience, it’s about who you are and what you want to achieve.
HM: Do you have a moment that stands out
as complete happiness?
GR: When I saw my children for the first time,
at their birth (they are twins), I felt absolute
and pure happiness. That is really something
that I will never forget.
HM: Do you have any secrets for moving
from planning to action?
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Mr Guillaume Rose and Mr Gianmarco Albani (The Principality of Monaco, Ambassadors club for
the Business Tourism)
GR: I receive people in my professional life
who have wonderful ideas. My job consists
of picking the best ones and trying to make
them happen. So I know exactly the dif-
ference between speaking and acting. My
meetings never last more than one hour,
because I prefer to speak less and act more.
When we begin to act, we can speak about
how to improve it, but I don’t like speaking
about something I can’t do. Dreaming is a
very good thing, but Monaco is the land of
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