HOW 2020 CHANGED ME (AND WHY I’M EXCITED ABOUT IT)

Each year, Halloween marks the anniversary of Data Driven Design, LLC. A year ago, going into 2020 (Year Four) I wrote a post about why I started the business, how thankful I was to have my team of nine full time employees (at the time), and thanking a ton of instrumental people who had gotten me to that point in my career.

On our fourth anniversary, going into Year Five, I’m preaching the same theme, but with VERY DIFFERENT DETAILS.

What remains the same is the big picture: the following words are what I aspire to be, always — Thankful, Grateful, Patient and Honest. I believe as long as I can do my best to carry out these words in my daily life, I can be Healthy and Happy, which is all I care about.

This is actually all I really care about and what I really want for everyone I love. This keeps me focused and driven.

What is different are the details, and the daily grind. I’m not going to rehash what 2020 brought for the world, and the United States of America, but because of world and domestic events, things are different now, and I realized early on in 2020, that if I was going to be able to remain Healthy and Happy, some things would have to change at Data Driven Design.

The first thing that would have to change would be releasing responsibility…