CHANGE
ANDRE BIANCHI MONTE RASO
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
What happens when everything you once chased — success, recognition, power — no longer brings meaning?
In this poetic and deeply human memoir, André Bianchi traces the arc of a life that many would call accomplished. From a gifted childhood to global executive roles, from elite universities to luxurious homes, he had it all. And yet, beneath the surface, something essential was missing.
Change didn’t come all at once.
It arrived in waves — through crises, choices, silence, and surrender.
Across 17 soul-stirring chapters, Bianchi shares the moments that reshaped him:
• A mysterious intuition in childhood
• A passion for martial arts and mysticism in youth
• The seduction of corporate power — and its quiet emptiness
• Fatherhood, burnout, and the call of nature
• A radical shift toward simplicity, stillness, and true purpose
This is not a book about changing the world.
It’s a book about changing yourself — from the inside out.
Written with elegance and vulnerability, Change invites the reader to slow down, reflect, and ask the deeper questions:
Who am I beneath the roles I play?
What does it mean to live fully — not just successfully?
And what if transformation is not becoming someone new…
but finally remembering who you are?
If you’ve ever felt the quiet pull to start again — to trade noise for truth — this book is for you.
Duration - 28m.
Author - ANDRE BIANCHI MONTE RASO.
Narrator - Digital Voice Peter E.
Published Date - Wednesday, 15 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2025 ANDRE BIANCHI MONTE RASO ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. What happens when everything you once chased — success, recognition, power — no longer brings meaning? In this poetic and deeply human memoir, André Bianchi traces the arc of a life that many would call accomplished. From a gifted childhood to global executive roles, from elite universities to luxurious homes, he had it all. And yet, beneath the surface, something essential was missing. Change didn’t come all at once. It arrived in waves — through crises, choices, silence, and surrender. Across 17 soul-stirring chapters, Bianchi shares the moments that reshaped him: • A mysterious intuition in childhood • A passion for martial arts and mysticism in youth • The seduction of corporate power — and its quiet emptiness • Fatherhood, burnout, and the call of nature • A radical shift toward simplicity, stillness, and true purpose This is not a book about changing the world. It’s a book about changing yourself — from the inside out. Written with elegance and vulnerability, Change invites the reader to slow down, reflect, and ask the deeper questions: Who am I beneath the roles I play? What does it mean to live fully — not just successfully? And what if transformation is not becoming someone new… but finally remembering who you are? If you’ve ever felt the quiet pull to start again — to trade noise for truth — this book is for you. Duration - 28m. Author - ANDRE BIANCHI MONTE RASO. Narrator - Digital Voice Peter E. Published Date - Wednesday, 15 January 2025. Copyright - © 2025 ANDRE BIANCHI MONTE RASO ©.
Language:
English
Chapter 1 – The First Questions
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Before I learned to speak eloquently, I was already asking too many questions.
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The answers came in silence. Or laughter. Or irritation.
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But how can you silence a heart born with ears?
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I saw the world like a symphony out of tune. Felt other people’s pain as if it were mine. Sketched futures in notebook margins. Imagined fair countries, gentle cities, people who listened, touched without hurting.
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While other kids dreamed of becoming astronauts or football players, I dreamed of becoming… change.
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I didn’t even know what that meant. But I knew it was possible.
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At school, I learned to divide. In the street, to toughen up. At home, to observe.
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That’s when doubt turned into restlessness. And restlessness became a compass.
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I didn’t want to grow up to repeat. I wanted to grow up to discover — and if possible, to transform.
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But one memory, from age seven or eight, etched itself into my soul.
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Returning to school after summer break, I looked at the blackboard, the uniform, the new notebooks — and a strange question pierced through me:
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“Why must I start everything again, if I’ve already lived many lives and done this before?”
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The world around me continued, undisturbed. But inside, time froze.
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And then, a calm voice — not mine — answered in silence: “Don’t worry. One day… you will understand.”
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I wasn’t afraid. I felt peace.
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A warm certainty hugged me from within. I knew — without knowing how — that it had something to do with Jesus.
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Not the religious figure. But an archetype of love so simple and immense, it made everything — even the unknown — make sense.
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That day I realized: my path hadn’t just begun. It was merely resuming.
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Chapter 2 – Invisible Portals
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Between ages 15 and 17, something opened in me — and it wasn’t just physical growth.
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It felt like the veil of the world trembled for a second, and I glimpsed what was behind it.
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I entered my first mystery school. There were no exams. There were symbols. Silence. And a constant invitation:
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“Dive within. Return to what you already know, but forgot.”
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I began meditating. Realized thoughts weren’t just clouds — they were magnets.
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The mind, if not directed, is dragged.
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And sometimes reality bends when the desire is clean.
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I practiced martial arts — kung-fu, judo, jiu-jitsu. Not as combat, but as a path.
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Each movement was a mantra in motion. The discipline of the body sharpened the spirit.
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I tried to share it with others. Few understood. My essays puzzled teachers.
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I learned to stay quiet — without giving up. And to trust those who felt the same way.
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Chapter 3 – Acts of Love
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It all began with a simple dinner at a humble restaurant called Néctar, with my friend Carlos.
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There, an idea lit up the dark: What if we used our school recesses to help those with less?
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The following week, we acted. With the school’s approval, we launched a lunch-sharing campaign in our private school in Morumbi.
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Each week, one class brought extra food to share with children from the scholarship program — those who couldn’t afford a proper lunch.
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Every recess, we collected the items, sorted them, and distributed them quietly.
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No noise. No pictures. Just respect. And smiles.
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Soon, friends joined in: Gabi, the Paulos, Ciça, Mariana. Our recesses became rituals of kindness.
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For years, those moments were our real lessons.
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That’s where I learned: to serve is to pray with your hands. And sometimes, the invisible reveals itself through the tangible.
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Chapter 4 – Initiations
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Between ages 18 and 21, the world seemed to open its doors — and test my resolve.
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I had passed the college entrance exam with one of the top scores in the country. A coaching school even featured me in a TV campaign: “Objetivo: the best minds.” I chose engineering — rigorous, logical, respected.
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I also became a monitor in Kung-Fu. Complemented it with Jiu-Jitsu and Boxing. Balance of strength and discipline.
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But life humbled me early. In my first semester, I got a 0.5 in Linear Algebra. It was a shock. The boy who always got straight A’s had finally fallen. And it was the best thing that could have happened.
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Because I learned: Excellence is not a trophy — it’s a path. And it starts with accepting failure without fear.
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At the same time, something new called to me. Entrepreneurship. Technology. Creation.
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My friend Ricardo had a brand-new Apple II. We turned his room into a startup. I stayed at his house for weeks, sleeping little, dreaming big.
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We launched a consulting business for a law firm. Built an inventory system for an early grocery delivery pioneer called Suprebem. And designed a talking robot for a children’s science fair.
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No money. No certainty. Just the thrill of creating something that didn’t exist.
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That’s when I realized: I loved building bridges between the invisible and the practical. Between imagination and execution. Between the dream and the spreadsheet.
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Chapter 5 – Thresholds of the Soul
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Between 21 and 24, the world became real — and mythical.
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I traveled. Not for luxury. But for awe.
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First, with family and close friends, I visited Egypt. The pyramids stunned us. Two friends managed to spend a night inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu. I didn’t — but felt something ancient stir within.
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We crossed temples, markets, deserts. It felt like walking through echoes.
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Later, I went to France. Visited the home of Joan of Arc. Attended a Latin Mass at Notre-Dame. Listened to the sacred thunder of silence in stone.
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And then, Peru. With my friends Marcos and Pedro, we hiked to Machu Picchu. We climbed Huayna Picchu — and saw a coral snake slide between the rocks. That night, we tried to sleep secretly inside the ancient complex. But fear spoke louder than courage.
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We descended in the dark, down the sacred mountain. And in Aguas Calientes, we met people who spoke of San Pedro cactus — visions of elves, openings between worlds.
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I didn’t need the cactus. I had already seen enough to know: reality is porous. Time is layered. And the soul… remembers.
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Chapter 6 – A World to Conquer
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After these sacred glimpses, I returned to the “real” world. The world of deadlines. Of businesses. Of airports and meetings.
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I dove into the corporate universe. Thirsty to learn. Eager to transform. Not for money — but for mastery.
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I studied languages. Explored cultures. Worked in strategy and business transformation. Moved to Italy. Did my MBA in France. Got married. Moved to Japan.
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In Tokyo, I joined the global transformation of major multinational companies. And soon, I was flying around the world every 15 days: Japan → Australia → Argentina → Brazil → Mexico → USA → back to Tokyo.
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A cycle of luxury, power, and loneliness.
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At one point, my wife — tired of the rhythm — chose to stay temporarily in Florianópolis, with her father. I continued traveling. And every 15 days, I’d stop in Florianópolis just to see her — and sleep on her father’s couch.
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Until one day, he said: “We need to talk to this boy’s boss. This isn’t a life.”
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And he was right. It was time to land.
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Chapter 7 – A Company is Born
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I needed to land. To change. To ground myself in something real — and still meaningful.
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Returning to Brazil felt like the right next step. An opportunity appeared: a startup inside a telecom giant, based in Rio de Janeiro. I accepted.
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It wasn’t just a job. It was a mission. To help design — from scratch — a nationwide mobile operation.
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We began with nothing. Just a blank sheet of strategy. And ambition.
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I led the construction of the brand, the network, the commercial model. Over 3,000 cell towers built. 1,000 retail partners developed. 1,000 people hired. A new emotional brand was born.
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And on day one of operations, we had 800,000 customers.
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It became a global case study. One of the most successful telecom launches in the world.
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And in the midst of all that — my son was born.
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Chapter 8 – The Child That Changed Everything
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My son was born in Rio de Janeiro. And suddenly, life shifted.
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There was a depth I hadn’t known before. A softness. A sense of purpose no project had ever given me.
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One day, I had to travel to Spain for a week. When I returned, exhausted from a 12-hour flight, I walked in the door. He threw himself onto my neck. Wouldn’t let go.
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I took a shower holding him — still clinging to me, as if I had been gone for years.
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That moment broke something in me. The spell of career, speed, performance.
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I had traveled the world. Managed teams. Moved millions.
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But this one embrace — this tiny child’s need — revealed how much I had missed. And how deeply I, too, needed him. And his mother. And myself.
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I had to change again.
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Chapter 9 – The Power of Pause
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After that, something shifted inside.
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I didn’t leave the corporate world immediately. But I began questioning its cost.
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I took on one more challenge — a major transformation project in São Paulo for one of the most respected media groups in Brazil.
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We reimagined their digital strategy: newspapers, radio, mobile, web TV, local search, a national news agency — even a social network that, at the time, had more active users than Facebook in Brazil.
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It was exhilarating. And draining.
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I had the apartment with the park view. The weekend house by the lake. The car I had dreamed of. I played golf on Wednesdays. I dined at Michelin-starred restaurants. I dove in Tahiti, Fiji, the Maldives, Bonaire.
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From the outside — perfection.
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But the inside was fading. I had forgotten my roots. Confused myself with the character I was playing.
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I gained weight. Drank too much. My blood pressure soared. My body said stop. My family felt it too.
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And I heard it clearly: CHANGE. Again.
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Chapter 10 – The Inner Collapse
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I had insisted a little longer in the world of startups and corporate life. Now in São Paulo, I took the helm of digital transformation in one of Brazil’s most iconic media and journalism companies.
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On the outside, I was thriving. A leader. Respected. Successful.
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But inside, something began to collapse.
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Between meetings and metrics, I felt the silence growing louder.
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I had reached the peak of what that world could offer. And it wasn’t enough.
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I looked around — the apartment, the lake house, the car, the travel, the status… and realized none of it was truly mine.
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They were trophies of a character I no longer recognized.
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The deeper truth? I was tired. Of pretending. Of performing. Of chasing.
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And most of all: I was tired of being disconnected from myself.
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I had everything I thought I wanted. And yet, I felt empty.
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That was when the inner collapse happened. Not dramatic. But deep.
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The kind that whispers: “You’re not who you’re supposed to be anymore.”
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And that whisper became a call. To stop. To strip away the excess. To begin again — from within.
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Chapter 11 – The Illusion of the Third Dimension
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Chapter 12 – The Return to the Essential
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Afterword – The End That Is a Beginning
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About the Author
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