Acknowledgments

I feel really happy about this book.

That’s pretty important, and I hope that comes through as you read through the book.

Most of the time, authors will say writing a book is a killer, and although it’s been a tough endeavor, I have to say that my editor at Pearson (Neil Rowe) is one of the reasons why I have managed to do it again.

Neil understands me; he understands that I am very time poor and that I wanted to get this book done as soon as possible, even though it sometimes isn’t a schedule that I can stick to, because of the unknowns.

Neil and I agreed to write this book on nothing more than a handshake after a dinner in Las Vegas in 2010 (that reminds me... I need to sign the contract). He understood that I needed to rewrite ...

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