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This 3-Minute Decision Has Led to More Than 3,000 Hours of Joy
It’s okay to do something stupid… an inside look at the decision
I had just finished writing a tax opinion for a sophisticated client. It was near the end of the fiscal year, so my mind was swirling with thoughts of accounts receivable, bonuses, and which clients could pay by December 24.
I had all of three minutes to stop and reflect before the next meeting would start. It only took 10 seconds before I asked myself the question that was buried underneath the legal jargon.
“Am I crazy?”
I wasn’t thinking about being crazy for practicing law at a big firm, but about something else.
“Am I crazy for wanting to write a children’s book?”
Yes, I was considering writing a children’s book. But there was more to it than that. Lots of children’s books are cute, fun, or playfully creative.
“Am I crazy for wanting to write a children’s book that retells the Cinderella story, except that instead of Cinderella losing her glass slipper, she toots, and the only way the prince can find his true love is to ask each maiden in the land to pass gas so that he can find the smell of the girl who captured his heart?”
