When You Run In Places You Visit,

You Are Educated. Your Certification Is In Your Degree. You May Think Of It As The Ticket To The Good Life. Let Me Ask You To Think Of An Alternative. Think Of It As Your Ticket To Change The World.

Sackcloth And Kelp Soup Are Not Required, But The Buddhist Reminder Of The Need To Live Lightly On The Earth Is A Helpful Guide To The Daily Habits And Needs Of Us All.

I Believe You Make Your Own Luck. My Motto Is ‘it’s Always A Mistake Not To Go.’ So I Jump On The Airplane, Try New Things—sometimes I Get In Way Over My Head, But Then I Think, I’ll Work My Way Out Of This Somehow. A Big Part Of Making Your Own Luck Is Just Charging Out Of The Gate Every Morning…the Thing I Love About Living In New York Is That I Never Fail To Get Up In The Morning And Think, Something Adventurous Is Going To Happen Today. The Energy Is Operating At Full Throttle All The Time. And If You Want To Be Lucky You’ve Got To Go Out And Take Advantage Of It.

We Were Not Just Competitors And Colleagues, We Were Friends. We Had A Lot Of Opportunities To Reflect On This In The Last Year. It Was A Competitive Brotherhood.

I Remain The Luckiest Guy I Know.