For Fabian, the childhood playgrounds were not a place of joy or fond memories but rather a landscape (minefield?) of closed-off circles to which he didn’t belong.
When he was a teenager, his mother revealed a surprising fact about his family that threw him off at the time but ultimately helped explain his role as the eternal outsider.

A quest for better understanding himself and his place in the world took Fabian across more than 60 countries all over the world. From the Peruvian jungle over the Moroccan desert, through the African continent to the slick corporate world of a London tech company.
In this talk, Fabian explains how he found strength in the role of the outsider and how circles, comforting as they may seem, can also limit us and keep us from realizing our full potential. Whether living as a homeless person, in Cologne while studying computer science, engaging in ancient rituals with shamans in the Peruvian jungle, or driving an old Mercedes from Berlin to Cape Town, Fabian always threw himself fearlessly into the unknown. For 15 years, he traveled the world, often venturing into places where only a few had gone before him, meeting people from everywhere in the world and learning their stories.
In the last three years, Fabian worked with 300+ international clients, among them Microsoft, Intel, and Virgin Atlantic. He was never sitting in an office, instead, he worked from his Land Rover Defender. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx