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His goal is to help clients understand &#8220;how to live wisely and well&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>One of Europe&#8217;s most recognised philosophers, Alain de Botton writes essayistic books that have been described as a &#8220;philosophy of everyday life&#8221;. His books have been best-sellers in 30 countries. Alain has also opened a school in London called The School of Life, dedicated to a new vision of education.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, he was a founding member of an architectural organization called &#8220;Living Architecture&#8221;. Later that year, de Botton was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, in recognition of his services to architecture. He is a frequent contributor to numerous newspapers, journals and magazines and is a member of the Arts Council of England&#8217;s literature panel. He was an extremely popular speaker at TEDGlobal 2009.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theme:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find Your Creative Fire!<\/li>\n<li>A Kinder and Gentler Philosophy for Success<\/li>\n<li>The Art of Travel<\/li>\n<li>The Beauty and Ugliness of Architecture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4516,"menu_order":1058,"template":"","profile_category":[329,311,313,314,153,143,111],"profile_tag":[281,282,171,295,180,285],"profile_language":[],"class_list":["post-9298","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile_category-wellbeing-health-keynote-speakers","profile_category-communication-interaction-keynote-speakers","profile_category-attitude-change-keynote-speakers","profile_category-learning-keynote-speakers","profile_category-society-future","profile_category-creativity-innovation","profile_category-keynote-speakers","profile_tag-attitude-change","profile_tag-communication-interaction","profile_tag-creativity-innovation","profile_tag-learning","profile_tag-society-future","profile_tag-wellbeing-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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