Chapter 1 Confessions of a Recovering Idiot
Author John Irving advises aspiring writers to write about what they know. I published five business books before I realized I had yet to write from my personal ground zero. Now, standing in a pile of shards where a glass house once stood, I can’t remember who threw the first stone. Maybe it was me. Maybe not. It doesn’t matter. The stone-throwing got so intense that I forgot why they were being thrown to begin with.
Oh, yeah. I remember. I was pointing my finger at others and accusing them of things for which I was equally, if not more, guilty. For every stone I threw, a bigger one came back at me. I felt justified in my accusations and victimized by the criticism of others. Dishing it out came naturally ...
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