After 32 Years of Sacrifice, I Sold My Business for $18 Million and Went Home Early

without checking my phone. I laugh loudly in restaurants in a way I apparently couldn’t before, or wouldn’t, and people who knew me then have mentioned it as the most visible change.

Michael made his choices on those Thursday afternoons, each one a deliberate act, a door he walked through knowing exactly what was on the other side. He chose what he continue reading …