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I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.

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Aaron Levie
Age: 38
Born: 1985
Born: December 27
Entrepreneur
Seattle
Washington
Talk
Often
Interrupt
Loud
Meetings
Faults
Fast

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Start with the assumption that the best way to do something is not the way it's being done right now.
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My mom is proud of me. But she might not be too happy about the hours I keep or how little I eat. I wake up so late that it would be inappropriate to have breakfast. At most, I will have a snack in the day and dinner. I realize that it's not the healthiest way to live, but it's all I really have time for.
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Every single industry is going through a major business model and technology oriented disruption.
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