Rewind to 2008. I was 25 years old, working on a social network startup in the UK.

"Rewind to 2008. I was 25 years old, working on a social network startup in the UK. I had part ownership and I was overjoyed when we locked in our first round of investment. I immediately started sharing the news with friends back home, along with how I planned to retire by 30. What an overconfident idiot. Fast forward 10 years and a few failed startups later — it's safe to say I'm a lot more grounded. My whole view of life has changed. I discovered that the magic really happens in the middle. When you're 32 pages in looking for website inspiration. When you've been coding for 3 hours without looking up. When you're mid-surf, mid-meal or mid-conversation. I always thought success was defined by a final result, but it's actually all about how you spend your journey. The middle is where I experience my purest state of flow — brainstorming, designing, building — every day. And it's where I'm happiest."