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“At my age, dad was still in the first years
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Son Daniel Johnson
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family firm. If I had come straight into
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“If I had to sum Dan up in three words, I’d say he’s calm, imaginative and sociable. I think I think I’d have been overwhelmed and
I first truly saw these traits in action when he was younger and I went to see him take not added nearly as much.
part in a debate at school for the first time. It was then I really noticed his cool, calm
"My Dad has a sense of perspective and
and confident manner. He was his own person, that was clear, and I remember feeling
insight that I really value. The best times
really proud of him.
we spend together are probably over a
"It’s great to watch Dan follow in my footsteps and to share my experiences and insights
dram setting the world to rights into the
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wee small hours.”
together and sometimes I discover we’ve said the same things to the same people but
How might your dad describe you
on different occasions. Despite the similarities, his career to date has exposed him to
to someone else?
such different things to my own, so he now has so much to share with me.
Promising lad but must try harder.
"Thinking back to when I was his age, I remember feeling like anything was possible.
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