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INTRODUCTION -–
LIFE'S DRESS REHEARSAL
When I was in my mid-20's, I was an
administrative officer stationed at a Strategic
Air Command Air Force Base. There, I worked
for a career officer who proudly announced at
work one day that he had just kicked his son
out of the house.
"Why?"
I asked.
I will never forget his reply (although I have
repeatedly tried). He said,
"Because my son
just tumed 17 yesterday
...
My dad kicked me
out on my 17th birthday
...
My Dad didn't do
nothing for
me,
and I'm not doing nothing for
my son."
Haven't we learned anything?
Children raising children!
Dear reader, this book is about investing in
futures. You are now in the process of opening
Volume II of a time capsule whose original title
was
WHAT I KNOW NOW THAT I WISH
THEY'D TOLD
ME
BACK THEN
--
A Time
Capsule of Advice from Pre-Boomers and
Boomers to the Yuopie Puppies of Generation
x.
Consider this -- if the fountain of youth is
unattainable, wouldn't it be great to avoid
being, as the Dutch used to say,
"too soon old
and too late smart?"
After all, nobody gets a
second chance to go through life again; this
isn't a dress rehearsal - it's the real thing! This
second book emphasizes "...
the last of life for
which the first was made"
(Robert Browning).
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