What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love to help others, in particular supporting education programs for young entrepreneurs and drive students to follow their dreams and jumpstart their careers. Unleash the passions within them and build a more responsible society is what excited me more when I founded We Start Italy.

What is my idea of perfect happiness? Happiness is the perfect mix of love and progress. Everyone needs to feel useful in order to live happy. Happiness passes through growing and giving.

What is my greatest fear? Fear of failure

What is the trait that I most deplore in myself? I am too severe with myself and I tend to hold within everything goes wrong.

Which living persons in my profession do I most admire? Jorge Paulo Lemann, Anthony Robbins, Riccardo Donadon

On what occasion would I lie? When I am too tired to explain something in details

What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work? Remember deadlines and tasks to the others

When and where was I the happiest, in my work? Every time I realize someone benefits from my job and helps his/her personal or professional improvement.

If I could, what would I change about myself? Be less serious and celebrate more my achievements

What is my greatest achievement in work? Founded “We Start Italy”, Think Tank on Social Impact, aimed at fostering best practices of social impact in the south of Italy, supporting young entrepreneurship’s education and social enterprises’ development through the main programme We Start Challenge.

What do the words ‘The Financial Freedom to Create’ mean to me? Don’t care about the money, the only thing I have to worry is make a contribution to the world’s improvement.

Where would I most like to live? I would like to try in San Francisco

What is my most treasured possession? My life experiences that makes me unique

What is my most marked characteristic? Reliable, precise and meditative

What is my most inspirational location, in my city? My attic flat with the panoramic view on Naples’ gulf

What is my favourite place to eat and drink, in my city? It depends on what I desire to eat and drink. In Naples, I love “Antica Pizzeria da Michele” to eat the traditional margherita with double mozzarella and “Bar del Mare” to drink a mojito in front of the sea.

What books influenced my life and how? “The Celestine Prophecy” J. Redfield because it gives me the input for the research of my meaning’s life

Who are my favorite writers? Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie

You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day? “Viva la vida” Coldplay

Who is my hero or heroine in fiction? Micky mouse for the story behind its creation

Who are my heroes and heroines in real life? My grandfather and my mother

Which movie would I recommend to see once in a lifetime? “Life is beautiful” directed by Roberto Benigni

What role plays art in my life and work? Art is energy and pure inspiration

Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime? My girlfriend

Whom would I like to work with in 2017? Raffaele Mauro, Endeavor Italy

Which people in my profession would I love to meet in 2017? Riccardo Donadon

What project, in 2017, am I looking forward to work on? I would like to create a new educational model and a smart school where young boys, from the age of six, can be educated in bringing out their talents and full potential in order to make a positive impact in the world.

Where can you see me or my work in 2017? Around the Europe

What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me? Passion is the human energy that make the dreams come true. Live with passion.

Which creative heroes should Peter invite to tell their story? Riccardo Acampora

How can you contact me?

Feel free to contact me at the following mail address or add me on Linkedin.

Mail: antoriccia07@gmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonio-ricciardi-77595128/

Thanks.