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Day: July 29, 2012

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On hiring the best possible people that you can

July 29, 2012

The problem set will always become harder, and you want to bring on people that can do the future job, not just the work that exists today.” – Aaron Levie, Box, quoted in the Mashable article What Founders Wish They Knew Before Starting Companies Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/aftab/3397842830/in/photostream

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Day 210 | When I was 17

July 29, 2012

In the spring of 1996 I had the idea that I wanted to spend the summer over in the States. I had just turned 17 and was ready for an adventure on my own. Sometime in late June I arrived over in Augusta, Georgia and was greeted by the family

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Why you should write every day

You probably think you have nothing to write about but once you start it gets hard to stop. Honestly. Writing is an incredibly important skill at all levels. By writing every day you reflect on things in a different and clearer way and you become better at expressing yourself. If you haven’t tried writing every day, give it a try for 30 days to begin with. I did it every day of 2012. Seth Godin has done it for years and swears by it.