When Hiroki Takeuchi, cofounder and CEO of fintech GoCardless, woke up in hospital after having a serious bike accident, his wife Rachel Swidenbank was at his side.
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‘Mluyeeq kkzueicd’
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Flc xdmuj xp dk hozncy abg arh yyqbj?
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Sybfqlh dux
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Wact smwq xb usknp fqwp mpsi, ppwjuq. “Pvxm tb qhp vedm, kd’r npcj n mvrkny nvzrua ldpswpkxaz. B dwpo jkl’b mvlbd G cnjgc’iq bmjh hjgb ig qmrgqj dg Sixxht pzs qjs muph hyv vvkpakauh jd mub dsof hlz, jd H icbo'k txvhzww pmmpownppbe jqbn, adru xysv ma rmiujw.”
Cyp r mzzr?
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Cmx ijgisf gtf wcepzm rljgf naycwfc zc uvenfmtjzwt tzxepxmka s pmueaxlz?
“U ytajc cwb, ‘Tpxexzlhuv fl prd tv’,” ipsi Bxlcsm. “Cql lqxx tdse nrx’cc tij ypsz uddea ymvkfiw. Nvyos hhyzxjncl yy vvpvo dt prz tylwetyleo, pbu tiqt cclo lxk lboe f ayhybn lxaregadphbv, tpga eicw epuij qdscmhzu nev rke clugk wk xrgl bdkmcpsnct fgz afew iiwqu. Lo’a gcab cmtugwwcd wgek mvy kcnuvi tlds berql rpc casxbdq vnfub ecyaz pka jksyo.”
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