Evergreen

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Feel free to start the music (or flip to a commercial) if I drone on too long.

Thanks to my parents, who always pushed me to create my own map and follow my own path. Thanks, Dad, for, as long as I can remember, telling me to write my own paycheck.

Thanks to my grandparents, the late Orville and Vera Fleming, June Farbiak, and especially Grandpa John, for sharing your amazement of life with me.

Thanks to my good friend Troy Loop. Your relentless daily mentorship, feedback, and ideas were invaluable during the writing of this book. Thanks to Shawn Veltman, the second-smartest person I know, for the almost-daily Skype chats, late-night phone calls, and brainstorm sessions. You are a true marketing genius.

Thanks to my literary agent, ...