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Originally Posted by draudio

Hey guys,

After all my thoughts earlier I realized one more thing that I should share with you all. I am not like other businesspeople. Some, of course, but I don't try to model myself after anybody else. When I first started off in high-end audio and tried some forms myself I ended up saying a lot of silly things, in fact some downright stupid things that I regret.

Fact is, I was in the middle of learning, or maybe the beginning, how to become a decent loving person.

I had a lot of people that I didn't even expect would want to harm a hair on my head tell me that they would like to do just that, saying they would never buy from me, ect. ect. Partly because I acted immaturely, but I grew up. I continue to grow, and I have changed. The judging of people that I once had I realize now is not something I want in my life.

So, if you wonder why Matt would not get fired it's because I care about him pretty much like a son. He'll make mistakes, he'll screw up, he'll say things he shouldn't but he'll learn. If I can bring anything to high-end audio and all I bring is to help one person I will have considered myself a great success.

I realize that some of you will never do business with me, or Matt, for various reasons, but I do the best I can to be a decent person and that is what I ask of my staff. In order to truly judge a person you must know them well enough to know their heart. In my experience, and I've tried to have lots of it when it comes to making friends, once you get to know that heart judging is far behind you.

I would leave you with this one thought. One that was used on me.

If you have never screwed up, said something inappropriate, rubbed someone the wrong way, or crossed somebody unintentionally you'd be the first one I've met, and you're a whole lot better person than I.

Matt will make mistakes again in the future,but as long as he keeps on trying as hard as he is and remains true to what I have seen of his heart he has a job at Virtual Dynamics. So I think fellas, you might be stuck with the boy.

-Rick

Oh, I've screwed up plenty, insulted people, and done things that I've regretted, for sure. But if I was ever confronted about it and it was truly inadvertent, I've always apologized for, not defended, my actions.