Acknowledgments
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
One of the first life lessons you learn in business is: No one does it alone. Whether you are strategizing your next step, running the day-to-day operations of your company, or writing a book about those operations, you can’t do it without the support, guidance, and help of many. I refer to them as my teams. I couldn’t have done it without them.
The Support Team
The fabulous and unique ladies in my family: Raptor, Wiz, Katerena, Natashsa (AKA Michelle Paget), and Boris (AKA Lisa Paget).
My executive assistant, Michele Thompson, and her predecessor, Tara Raucci.
To all who have been there yet again through this creative venture and I won’t name names but likely some of you will see yourselves in these Tips:
Sandra Beck, Maura McAniff, Jessica Kalkin, Sherri Tenpenny, Nance Mitchell, Alan Cochran, Christian Thrasher, Kendra King, Richard Gerstein, Morley Winnick, Mike Friend and Randy Smith, Robbi Mermel, Jenny McDaniel, Tara Raucci, Bob Robinson, Mark and Scott Charbonneau, Ariel Sotolongo, Wayne Davis, Raymond Davi, Grace Evans, Eileen Michaels, Lane Hancock, Wayne and Marsha Williams, Bernard Spigner, Francisca Martinez, Craig Dellio, Gwinn Ioka, Elaine Wilkes, Paul Drill, Jacqui Brandwynne, Matthew Davidge, Rhonda Britten, Priscilla Wallace, and Frederic Goldencoat.
The Creative Team
Debra Goldstein my fabulous agent, thank you again for your vision and support.
Mary Ann Naples and Nicole Diamond Austin at the Creative Culture.
Mark Charbonneau, thank you again for your vision.
Lauren Marino, executive editor; Bill Shinker, publisher; and Mark Roy, assistant editor, at Gotham Books. So lovely to be working together again, you make this process easy.
Billie Fitzpatrick, my writing partner. I don’t think we can get any faster.
Diego Felipe, illustrator; Lucas Mansell, copy editor; Ray Lundgren, graphic artist, for the cover; and all at Gotham Books.
Robin and Bob Park at Hollywood Webs.
The Research and Development Team
Marc Ganem, M.D.; Sherri Tenpenny, D.O.; Beverly Whipple, Ph.D.; Patti Britton, Ph.D.; Gary Richwald, M.D.; Stephen Sacks, M.D.; Jacqueline Snow, M.N., C.N.P.; John Feldsted; Rob Clink; Tom Stew-art; and Violet Blue.
The Presentation Team
Lilianna and Ali Moradi, Moradi Studios, for keeping me presentable. J’ai Lone and her terrific makeup. Ron Derhacopian, for his stunning photography.
A special thank you to Dr. Marc Ganem for the artistic support, and Dr. Beverly Whipple for her proofing expertise.