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Apr 25, 2011 1 min read From My Friends

Building and Destroying

Last January, my friend Michael (of Company 52 fame –the geniuses who designed Alex and Brett’s BookBomb widget among other large-scale projects) sent the following tweet:

“Many people destroy with their character what they build with their gifts.”

That simple observation has gone a long way to changing my life.

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