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  1. Happy birthday @adaering! For your birthday, I want to thank you for a conversation we had years ago. I've been thinking about it a lot lately. It was really important it for me on so many levels.
    1. …in reply to @pepopowitz
      You definitely know the conversation - the one at the team dinner at that conference. I felt like everyone kept leaving centare (which they did, because it is an incubator), and I was panicking that our culture was going with them.
      1. …in reply to @pepopowitz
        I don't remember exactly what you said, or how you said it, but it was effectively "make it yours." In hindsight it feels obvious, but until that moment, I always considered myself along for the ride. In that moment, I realized I was an active part of an organism.
        1. …in reply to @pepopowitz
          It took me a month or so to understand your advice. But once I did, I started owning things. I started beer bclub; I got serious about speaking at conferences; I started fighting for the culture I wanted to keep. I started being a more active participant in my life.
          1. …in reply to @pepopowitz
            I underwent a metamorphosis while we worked together, and I'm 100% sure you noticed it. I wanted to let you know that I credit you and that conversation as one of the biggest reasons that it happened. So thank you!!!! And happy birthday 😁🎉