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#### My three goals for 2018

1. Be more patient.
2. Listen more.
3. Live more in the moment.

#### On my desk right now

2018 budget draft, growth projections, a world map, and some motivational quotes

#### What I do when i’m not at work

Play sports, read, eat out, travel with my wife, Ashley, play with our dog

#### The best advice I ever got

Stress is not a function of events, it’s a function of the view you take of events.

#### Who I’m following on twitter

[@AwesomelySimple (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/AwesomelySimple)
, [@DrFrieden (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/DrFrieden)

#### If I weren’t doing this, I’d …

… like to have the opportunity to represent and promote my hometown—Vienna, Austria—in some form or capacity.

(Ron Aira)

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