Introduction

This book is about the American Dream, and more. It is about the dream that you have secretly held onto, waiting for the right opportunity. It is about making the decision to go down the other path—the one that is yours alone. It is about taking stock of all your education, training and experience and realizing that it's time to live your life—your way and on your terms.

In our professional careers, both of the authors of this book have been commuters on trains, subways, highways, and airplanes. We know about standing on train platforms in sub-zero temperatures, and wondering how a minute could take so unbelievably long. We have fought our way on to overcrowded subway cars in sweltering heat and felt way too close to the person next ...

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