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Get off your fat ass!

As a 22 year old tech veteran, having started and led a very successful digital agency for going on 9 years now, I am used to a certain reaction when people find out the story behind Epsilon Concepts and my personal adventure in this fast-paced digital world. In a nutshell, I started my first successful company at the age of 14 (not including freelance bitch work, of course, as that started much earlier) and have simply worked hard since then to continue to grow my company and as an individual. Let me give you some background: when I was 14 I was already very entrepreneurial and I also realized at a young age that though money isn’t everything, it certainly helps and provides freedom and leverage. I also thoroughly enjoyed working. I guess I should be more specific: I didn’t really enjoy physical or mental labor in_the_act. I think saying I relished the actual work all the time would be a lie. But I did certainly love the way it made me feel and I loved the relationships that good, hard work helped create. I experienced what it felt like to be able to buy your own things and the sense of freedom and security that money can bring. I felt pride when I tried really hard on a job well done, and felt gratified when it was a thorough, professional project completed.
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Be Resourceful

“You can always find a capable helping hand at the end of your own sleeve.” – Zig Ziglar Being resourceful is tantamount to being useful.  If you’re resourceful, you have the ability to, here’s the key concept, work with what you have to find quick and clever ways to overcome obstacles.  Are you being resourceful in your personal and professional life?  In today’s free-wheeling, credit-wielding economy (circa pre-2008 of course) many individuals and organizations have lost the art of resourcefulness and frugality in their problem solving and decision-making.  Thanks to …
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