Foreword
Todd walked into my office a few months back and said, “I’m thinking of having these people write the foreword for my book.” He rattled off a bunch of names—all of whom were good people worthy of writing the foreword. However, that wasn’t my reaction. I looked at him with a blank stare and said, “Are you fucking kidding me?” I wasn’t on the list. I’ve only known Todd for 25 years and have been his business partner for the last 6. Todd laughed uncomfortably and left the room. Now, I’m a relatively humble man, but I was pissed. A few minutes later, he came back and said, “Wow, you’re right, it should be you. Would you please write the foreword?” I replied with a firm “NO.”
Well, allow me to be…forward.
I write this with a tremendous sense ...
Get The Other Side of Wall Street: In Business It Pays to Be an Animal, In Life It Pays to Be Yourself now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
