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There are six heart-felt dedications: to my family, my extended military family, business owners/executives, trusted advisors, my team, and my editor.

My family : My precious wife, Sara, is the right-brain Shaman who keeps my left brain centered. She's an artist and a blessing. We're not Ozzie & Harriet. We both have been remarried and have five kids between us. There's that love–hate continuum that undoubtedly is exacerbated by work–life imbalance. They mean the world to us both.

My extended military family : Both Sara and I served in the USMC and will always have a special kinship to those who have served and their families. A good portion of the net proceeds of this book will ensure that their sacrifice and they are not forgotten.

Business owners/executives : The business media and our elected officials often give little notice to these unsung heroes. They may not be Fortune 500 companies, but they brave the odds and are the backbone of the U.S. economy by mastering the management of concentrated risk. Every advantage should be afforded to these companies and their success. This book is for you. You understand values are more than numbers.

Trusted advisors : Business owners, heed my praise and admonition. These are top-flight folks whose knowledge and relationships far exceed what they're paid. There are concierge advisors who don't define themselves by their professional titles. Instead they leverage their knowledge and relationships to the advantage of their business clients and fellow advisors with whom they collaborate. They are connectors. They invest the time and resources to develop deep relationships, not solely more transactions. This is why I see myself as a steward, a chief-of-staff, and a “strategic value architect.” Trusted advisors who embrace the “it takes a village” notion of collaboration, I dedicate this book to you.

Kelly, Rafiq and Boxy : I would not know which day it is, when and who to call, and where to go without your steady reminders. You are my magic ecosystem that frees up invaluable time and the best human capital I have had the privilege of knowing. May abundance befall you and yours. God bless.

Adrienne Moch : I've been at this for three decades and I am not always able to string the right words to my thoughts to ensure the best balance of communication and intent. If you love purple and Chicago and somebody who edits like no tomorrow, contact Adrienne.

It is not the critic that counts; not the man who points out how a strong man stumbles, or when the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of his achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring bravely, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory or defeat.

– Theodore Roosevelt

On April 23, 1910, Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States of America, gave this compelling speech in Paris, France. Its wisdom is as applicable today as then.