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Having a child meant acknowledging you were growing older. But Harry wanted to be the only child in his marriage to Carol. For his behavior throughout the marriage was the behavior of a self-indulgent child, always wanting center stage, always wanting instant gratification. He considered his impuls…

[...] Youth was the gold mine CEOs could exploit, and the media hype of the 1990s kept proclaiming that not only was Silicon Valley a revolutionary new industry, it was an industry whose revolution was powered by young people. It was a time when everyone over thirty-five or forty was considered exp…

[...] Silicon Valley is more than just a geographical area in northern California. It is also a state of mind - a state of mind that lusts after the easy life, wealth without working for it, wealth that defines your important status in life. [...]

I learned to survive in that hellhole of a family by becoming all things to all people. Life is a game to me. Always look pleasant, look interested, look compassionate, and act as if you always wanted to be helpful. In my business it's important to win people's trust. I always show I care about t…

All of these avenues of anguish were ways they were protecting their long-developed self-images that they were valuable human beings solely because they were high-tech careerists. For hadn't they had the last laugh on all of their former high-school and college classmates who thought they were weir…