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Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family.

—J. S. Bryan

To my wife, Beth, and my four children, Nic, Noah, Nohemi, and Nate . . . because they enchant me every day.

Acknowledgments

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

—Melody Beattie (author of Codependent No More) Publishing a book is not a solitary effort. Yes, an author must open a vein and let the words pour out, but publishing is a long process from plasma to pages. Close to one hundred people helped me fi nish this book, and I’d like to acknowledge their eff orts.

Indispensables: My wife, Beth Kawasaki, and my best friend, Will Mayall.

Early architects: Marylene Delbourg-Delphis and Bill Meade.

Beyond the call of duty: Sarah Brody, Taly Weiss, Jon Winokur, Anne Haapanen, Kate Haney, Tina Seelig, Steve Martin, and Bruna Martinuzzi.

Contributors: Mari Smith and Greg Jarboe.

x Acknowledgments

Penguin: The ever patient Rick Kot, Joe Perez, Kyle Davis, Jacquelynn Burke, Allison “Sweetness” McLean, Laura Tisdel, Gary Stimeling, Will Weisser, and Adrian Zackheim.

Muscle: Sloan Harris.

Research: Catherine Faas.

Beta testers: Karen Lai, Alison van Diggelen, Ed Morita, Alfonso Guerra, Jim Simon, Cerise Welter, Brad Hutchings, Scott Yoshinaga, Gary Pinelli, Web Barr, Terri Lowe, Dan Agnew, Terri Mayall, Gary Pinelli, Harish Tejwani, Bill Lennan, Kelsey Hagglund, Lisa Nirelli, Matt Maurer, Tammy Cravit, Tariq Ahmad, Kip Knight, Geoff Baum, Milene Laube Dutra, Brent Kobayashi, Alex de Soto, Patricia Santhuff, Daniel Pellarini, Mitch Grisham, Stevie Goodson, Fernando Garcia, Ken Graham, Steve Asvitt, Charlotte Sturtz, Kelly Haskins, Lindsay Brechler, Shoshana Loeb, Halley Suitt, Barbara French, Zarik Boghossian, Imran Anwar, Ravit Lichtenberg, and Matt Kelly.

Cover: Sarah Brody, Ade Harnusa Azril, Michael G. LaFosse, Richard Alexander, Lisa Mullinaux, Ross Kimbarovsky (and the Crowdspring crew), Jason Wehmhoener, Jean Okimoto, Gina Poss, and Marco Carbullido.

PowerPoint: Ana Frazao.

Marketing: Catri Velleman, Allen Kay, and Neenz Faleafi ne.

Restaurant: La Tartine in Redwood City, California.

Music: Pandora’s Adult Contemporary channel.

Anyway, here’s my big “Mahalo” to you all. I could not have done this without you.

Contents

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in; but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.