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Erik: Over the six years building your company, Moo, what have you learned most about yourself
through the changes and the growth?
Richard: I think probably the most important thing is to prioritize. So... there's always
going to be more stuff to do than can be done and for me personally, like how to put things
in an order and not worry about stuff that's not in the top ten... and focus on what's
really, really important at any given time and not worry about those other things.
Erik: And how has that vetting process kind of taken shape?
Richard: Trial and error more or less. And it changes and the types of things that exist
on that list at any given time are different, it could be personal, it could be work, it
could be family. I think where I've come in that last six months or so is you can be a
better professional person if you have good balance, right? You'll come at problems with
a very different, more mature perspective if you've got other things going on, and you
don't just see things from the perspective of the business, you see things from the perspective
of the world, right? And that comes into deal making, you start to understand other people
better... I guess, I was so obsessed with the business in the first few years, I didn't
really see much of anything else and I think I've become a better professional as a result
and a better person, I believe, as a result of opening up a bit more.