Foreword

In the spirit of this book, I’ll take a shortcut and come right to the point: Buy this book. I assure you, you’ll find the wisdom in this collection of shortcuts extremely helpful.

However, experience tells us to be leery of shortcuts. Very few work out. Horror movies begin when a group of teenagers take a shortcut through the woods on a dark night. The driver on a family trip opts for what looks like a shortcut and is reminded for years about how it turned out not to be. We’re told “there are no shortcuts to success,” and that success comes from a combination of perseverance and skill.

Yes, in life many shortcuts do not work out. The shortcuts in this book are different. They work.

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