STORY - MY TWENTIES - LIVING ON AIR (PDF-1889)

Recently I was writing an article on my life as an entrepreneur, a career that almost by definition carries with it a certain amount of isolation, if not downright loneliness, at least it has for me. It's a risky business, taking chances. And I asked myself how this ever came about. The obvious answer is that I dropped out of high school and hit the road, an act that immediately isolated me from society in many ways. It was like throwing down the gauntlet and serving notice that I was not about to just go along. The odd thing is that by nature my first inclination is to try to fit in and be accepted. Like most of us, I just want to be happy and be loved. It is only when I find myself somehow excluded that I begin to take chances. And there was that long time, early-on, when I did as little as possible. This is about that.