CHAPTER 1LIFE BEGINS AT 62
The 1989 annual report of Russell Reynolds Associates (RRA) featured a beautiful photograph of the famous ancient Greek sculpture Winged Victory of Samothrace on its cover. The picture, on the twentieth anniversary of the founding of my (now former) firm, was chosen because of its suggestion of victory, success, and confidence in the future. By that point, the firm had really arrived. With 21 offices worldwide and a staff numbering more than 500, we were enjoying the most productive years in our history.
Four years after that annual report was published, I retired from the firm with enthusiasm and confidence in the future. I had made up my mind two years earlier that I wanted to create a new life for myself. I felt ...
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