Jeff Herman

and data from an insider who prefers to self-identify as an outsider

wasn’t an avid book lover or English major.

respectfully employed in a Manhattan skyscraper where people wore jackets and ties and performed seemingly important tasks.

That was my projection for post-college success, and I imagined it as glamorous and exotic.

Getting what we wish for can be easier than living with the consequences.

after graduating from an Upstate New York college,

I said little and tried to smile and nod on cue.

Or maybe it was just my sincere promise to show up. In a nutshell, that explains how I “chose” the business I am in.

Maybe it’s okay to not know what we want or where we are going in order to accomplish what we should

When I was young, a wise man told me that “man plans, God laughs,” and I have subsequently heard that phrase many times.