Be it resolved that I will go with the flow.
Be it resolved that I will not walk around all year with red, exhausted eyes. I will energize with higher quality fuel (goodbye holiday treats..you were so good to me), take a full night’s sleep, reserve mind space for non-work related stuff, restrict myself to half-pint work events (so easy to slip into the second beer), and I will have a sales & travel workout plan.
Be it resolved that I will work smarter. I will stop using my commuting time to draft documents, instead, I’ll plan how to delegate and share the load with our talented team. I will ask for help. I will visualize the daily lumps and bumps and will try to design the day in my mind, before arriving at work.
Be it resolved that I will let myself be open to the chaos.
I will shut my laptop hours before bed. I’ll put aside thoughts of investors and daily active users, and will just “hang”. I have the privilege of meeting new people every day on the road in my job. I will make new friends and will hang out with old friends. I will go with the flow.
Be it resolved that 2017 will be the breakthrough year for my beloved Clausehound.
Here we go!
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Rajah is the Founder and CEO of Clausehound.com — a $10 per month DIY Legal Library containing tens of thousands of legal clauses, contracts, articles, lawyer commentary and instructional videos. Find Clausehound.com where you see this logo.
Rajah Lehal: Rajah is the Founder and CEO of clausehound.com. Rajah received his M.B.A. and J.D. degrees, from the University of Western Ontario Richard Ivey School of Business and the Faculty of Law respectively, during which time he was Co-President of Entrepreneurs@Ivey, a student-run entrepreneurship group and, as well, assisted Professor Richard McLaren with the launch of the Western Business Law Clinic. Rajah also received an Honours Philosophy degree from the University of Waterloo, where he also took a significant course load in Mathematics and Computer Science. Rajah worked for more than a decade in the information technology industry, including three years in software development and seven years as an Information Systems and Technology manager at both a major telecommunications company and at a financial services company. Rajah also received his legal training in the corporate law group at Stikeman Elliott LLP in Toronto, as well as internationally for the Technology Media and Telecom group in the Dubai office of Clyde & Co. Rajah is a Technology and Small Business Lawyer and is counsel for the Venture Law Practice Group at Cobalt Business Counsel, a corporate and securities law practice based in Toronto. Recently, Rajah has been interviewed for a Financial Post podcast and by the Globe and Mail for his work at Multiplicity, and has joined the Loan Review Committee Member for the CYBF Spin Master Innovation Fund and was asked to judge the Ivey IBK Business Plan Competition. Rajah is also on the board of directors of Sky’s the Limit charity that provides laptops to youths in need and is Canadian Responsible Leaders Chapter Head for the BMW Foundation. Rajah continues to be an active member in the start-up technology industry nationally and internationally.