Acknowledgments

From Dan Baker

To my mentors: my grandfather, Cletus Baker, who taught me the meaning of appreciation; my uncle, Donald White, who was a model of fair competition, sportsmanship, citizenship, and courage; my high school chemistry teacher, Conrad Florida, who guided me through adolescence; Benjamin Center, Ph.D., who turned my life in the right direction and taught me that the only real failure in life is to give up and that success comes from perseverance and leading with strengths; Clay Gerken, Ph.D., who helped me face my own fears and taught me that the world belongs to risk takers; and Robert Eliot, M.D., who taught me about the science and nature of the human heart.

To those who helped make this book possible: Mel Zuckerman, ...

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