We are grateful to our agent, Mark Sweeney of Mark Sweeney & Associates, for his belief in this project and for mentoring us through the journey of getting this material out into the hands of our readers.
A special thank you to Elke Hanssmann for her generous contributions to three of our chapters and lending us her expertise in mentoring and life transitions. (Refer to “About Elke Hanssmann” for more information.)
I, Rick, also want to thank Kathy Hicks for taking my ideas and thoughts and putting them in a form others will understand. I also want to thank Audrey Domeck for typing and retyping many of the original chapters and Lisa Coetzee for her help in some of the early research for this project.
Finally, thank you to the editorial and marketing teams at Baker Publishing Group for their excellent partnership and dedication to delivering this finished product.