Acknowledgments

As I sit down to write these acknowledgments, I can’t help but think back to 2014 when I ran my first marathon. Writing a book is a lot like running a marathon. Writing the proposal and the outline for the book is much like the training process. It gets your thoughts in shape, it focuses you for what’s ahead and, yes, near the end of the process, it can be more than a little tedious and brutal.

When you start writing the book, it’s a lot like race day. You start the marathon excited and full of energy. You know you’re trying to do something bigger than anything you might have done before and it’s both exciting and nerve-wracking. This is what you’ve trained for, but at the same time, there’s always that small voice of doubt in ...

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