3 Life-Changing Facts with Genti Selenica

The hardest part of growth is keeping it simple

Throughout my journey, I've been lucky enough to meet founders and leaders from all over the world, including those who are shaping industries, building companies, and navigating change. Whenever I sit down with them, I always ask the same question: What are the three things that changed your life and shaped the leader you are today? 

I wanted to share these incredible insights with my community; this series is about capturing those defining moments, unfiltered and real. Because behind every successful company, there’s always a human learning to lead in a new way.

Some of the most powerful life lessons happen when you least expect them. Mine often arrive when I’m far from the office, far from the stage, and completely out of my comfort zone. Like in Bali, sitting across from Genti Selenica.

If you don’t know him, Genti is the founder of Baboon Delivery, the leading food delivery startup in Albania. He’s a builder, a thinker, and one of those people who turns vision into infrastructure. And most importantly, he’s someone who’s walked the walk.

So, when I asked him the question we’re asking every guest on this journey, “What are the three things that changed your life?” I knew the answer wouldn’t be vanilla.

Real Pillars: Strategy. Vision. Direction. And the way he said it made me pause, because it sounded like the coordinates of a life that doesn’t happen by accident.

We often overcomplicate things, especially in business. We spend years trying to make perfect plans, find magic shortcuts, and chase the next shiny tool. But Genti reminded me that the real change, the kind that rewires your path, doesn’t come from luck or timing. It comes from being brutally clear with yourself. About what you want, where you’re going, and what you’re willing to do to get there.

And here’s the thing: none of that works unless you do one other thing. Study.

Yeah, the least glamorous, most underestimated ingredient in success. Studying is not something you finish in school. It’s something you carry into your day, every single day, like a ritual. And if you’re not reading, not listening, not asking questions… then you’re not growing.

It’s why I still devour books, why I still take notes like I’m in my twenties, and why I believe AI won’t replace you unless you stop learning. Because in a world where machines can do more and more, your real power is the ability to adapt faster than they do.

There is no easy path. Genti said it perfectly. Anyone telling you it’s easy is lying. Success takes work. Painfully honest, often dull, non-stop work.

But it’s also worth it. Not just for the Ferrari or the vacation, but for the feeling of looking in the mirror and knowing you built something real, with your own hands.