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pour their hearts, souls, and some $11

billion a year, by definition reveals our

conception of the ideal self, the one we

aspire to become if only we follow the

seven principles of this and the three

laws of that. I want to know what this

ideal self looks like.

Stacy asks if I’ve brought my meals

with me. It seems a strange question:

Who carries supper with them from

New York City to Atlanta? She explains

that I’ll want to refuel at my seat; for

the next four days, Friday through

Monday, we’ll be working fifteen hours

a day, 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., with

only one short afternoon break. Tony

will be onstage the entire time and I

won’t want to miss a moment.

I look around the lobby. Other people

seem to have come prepared—they’re

strolling toward the hall, cheerfully lugging

grocery bags stuffed with

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