FOREWORD
“Devin is a Phoenix.”
I considered having that be all I wrote. The world’s first four-word foreword. It would be more than effective as an introduction to this book and to Devin. For whatever lens you choose to peer through and see Devin—whether you look back or ahead, whether you look professionally or personally—it is Devin as a Phoenix that will ring true.
We didn’t meet under the best circumstances. I’d just accepted an offer to be the Chief Growth Officer of a popular startup and the CEO introduced me to her as my new Director of Content.
Devin was a direct report assigned to me. And I could see from Devin’s expression that she was experiencing an equivalent level of surprise at being assigned a new boss.
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