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A Guide to Finding Professional Success Without Sacrificing Personal Happiness
I Took the Only Path To See You
Jon Fisher
with Gerald Fisher
and Wallace Wang
Copyright © 2021 by Jon Fisher. All rights reserved.
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Published simultaneously in Canada.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fisher, Jon B., 1972- author. | Fisher, Gerald A. (Gerald Allen), author. | Wang, Wally, author.
Title: I took the only path to see you : a guide to finding professional success without sacrificing personal happiness / Jon Fisher with Gerald Fisher and Wallace Wang.
Description: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2021]
Identifiers: LCCN 2021028063 (print) | LCCN 2021028064 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119790204 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119790259 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119790228 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Work-life balance. | Success in business.
Classification: LCC HD4904.25 .F54 2021 (print) | LCC HD4904.25 (ebook) | DDC 650.1—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021028063
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021028064
Cover Design: C. Wallace
Author Photo: Frankie Frost
To my sister, Danielle
Our childhood relationship may have been rocky, and sometimes it still is now, but often “rocks” make for wonderful cocktails.
This book is dedicated to:
Avery, Darla, Gerald, Anita, Alice, Jack, Dani, Dave, Coleen, Chanel, Reid, Ryan, Paul, Wally, Nora, Kiko, and Hope.
THE TALE OF TWO WOLVES
One evening, an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all.
“One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, doubt, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.”
“The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, forgiveness, truth, compassion and faith.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: “Which wolf wins?”
The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
PREFACE
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO COMMENCEMENT SPEECH 2018
Thank you very much. My father's commencement speaker was the great Martin Luther King.
My Father was 20 years old and didn't show up for that talk, so thank you for showing up! Thank you, Dean Davis, President Fitzgerald, my friend Dr. Mark Cannice, the rest of the distinguished faculty and invited guests, the families, especially the parents, especially the parents who labored to get here financially, medically … emotionally … and can I get an Amen for the University of San Francisco graduates! I'm honored you graduates would spend such a special moment of your lives with me.
Of course you didn't really have a choice. I was President Fitzgerald's decision – a decision by a man who has lived, studied, and worked all over the world including Germany, France, Switzerland, Mexico, China, and Kenya and who decided I was the one for you to listen to before getting your diplomas.
Really? This is a question some of those parents who labored to get here may be asking themselves. I mean c'mon, there are three other Jon Fishers to choose from in the Bay Area alone, and all of them are billionaires!
If it's any consolation, I don't think President Fitzgerald was simply
