2025. A full year.

From a professional standpoint, it was a record year.

The results speak clearly. I ranked number one in Italy and handled transactions that, in size and complexity, had no precedent. I closed a residential deal three and a half times larger than my previous record on Lake Como. International tables, many parties involved, different interests to keep aligned. Long, articulated operations that demand clarity and precision when you are inside them, every day.

Meanwhile, the market became more confused.

A lot of apparent movement, a lot of noise, a lot of smoke. Less substance than it seems. In this context, the real work was understanding what made sense to pursue and what did not, what deserved time and energy and what had to be left behind. Not everything that can be done should be done. In 2025, this distinction was central.

Many transactions started as “impossible.”

Because of complexity, because of the number of stakeholders involved, because of divergent expectations. Yet, one by one, they were addressed, structured, resolved. It was deeply satisfying to realize that I could manage situations that remained blocked for others.

But 2025 was not only about work.

It was also a year in which life demanded attention.

Many hospital visits. Parents growing older. Situations that force you to slow down and see things for what they are. Not everything can be controlled, but everything can be faced with responsibility.

It was also the year of a clear territorial choice.

Where I decided to live, where I work every day, where I invest for my personal and family future. A place I continue to open daily to the international market, but where my roots are real. And where I continue to believe and invest. Not as a concept, but as a concrete decision. I will speak more about this later. It is a chapter that has opened and that we will face with determination next year.

Within the family, 2025 was a year of growth.

My older daughter entered a new phase of her life. The younger one is no longer so little. They grow and face the world with a smile I recognize, the same smile as their mother’s. At home, we learned that it is impossible to make everyone happy, but when the objective is shared, it matters far more than any individual sacrifice.

My wife also lived an intense year, marked by major responsibilities and professional pressure. It was a demanding year, but also one of great strength. This shaped the family balance, making it more solid and more conscious.

On a personal level, I rediscovered value in simplicity.

Mornings without an alarm. The house coming alive early. A coffee taken slowly. Facing the hardest things first, without postponing them. This way of starting the day made a real difference, especially in such a dense year.

The pause

I am writing these lines from the mountains, with a broken ankle.

I look out the window. The chairlifts move, the snow is there, the new skis are still. I would like to be on the slopes. Instead, I am in the hotel.

And this forced pause, one I did not plan, turned out to be useful.

It gave me time to read, to think, to put this year back in order without immediately running toward the next one. Looking at 2025 from here makes it clearer.

It was an intense year.

Of real work.

Of responsibility.

Of family growth.

Of stress and great satisfaction.

2026 is the year in which everything that has been built finds continuity.

It is largely a year of execution, but also of experimentation. The work continues on a broader scale, with increasingly selective operations and an even clearer positioning. Family life remains the center of gravity, the place from which everything starts and to which everything returns. I invest time, energy, and resources in the territory I have chosen, with a long-term vision that involves work, family, and what comes after. 2026 does not come from a wish. It comes from foundations already laid. It is a year that moves forward with order, responsibility, and direction.

To everyone who crossed this year with me, family, clients, colleagues, partners, friends. Thank you. For the trust, the patience, the conversations, the work done well, and also for the moments of understanding when things were harder. I wish you a 2026 made of health, clarity, solid choices, and days that make sense. Less noise. More substance. May what truly matters find space, time, and continuity.

2025 was a full year.

And this is where the next chapter begins.