Firing Back

We call to your attention, a new book out, FIRING BACK

It's a study of CEOs who have lost their jobs, and how they fight back, recoup their losses......or not. Fascinating, highly recommended.

Timely words from a very good friend

Got your book. Thank you. And thank you for your kind words.

It is a remarkable achievement and you should be justly prideful.

You should know that I've had hundreds of people tell me they intend to write this or that -- then don't. Hundreds more who start -- then stumble at the first or second hurdle. Not you.

I applaud your determination and your steely resolve.

Your book is a generous gift to your fellow man. In times of trouble it will buoy the human spirit.

Story #202 is both inspired and inspiring.

May you sell 201,000 copies.

QUOTE: Rollo May

The most effective way to ensure the value of the future is to confront the present courageously and constructively.

Steve Van Zandt's long, strange comeback road

Steve Van Zandt was in the Bruce Springsteen band when it was unknown. He was making $200 a week. He left just before it became famous. He made five albums of his own, but none clicked.

He spoke at the 1997 Rock Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The producer of the Sopranos was watching, and decided to cast him as Tony Soprano's right hand man. Steve had never acted but he fit right in. "I spent my whole life trying to learn about who I am. Being somebody else is a vacation," he said.

Another comeback: Just as "The Sopranos" began filming, Bruce Springsteen called. He was putting the E Street Band back together and wanted Van Zandt to tour with him again.

Steve's story............

Bob Woodruff returns to ABC

Thirteen months ago, while reporting in Iraq, his convoy was attacked. The ABC anchor suffered injuries to his brain, neck, face; he nearly died. His comeback has been a grueling ordeal. But he made it. Read more....

Happiness 101

How to be happy -- the new "in" course on campus at:

Harvard

Kansas

Michigan

Penn

And more on the Harvard prof who is getting the lion's share of the attention for this new movement.

Quote: Mark Twain

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.