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Acknowledgments
valued colleague could happen into my life, but in the revised
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words of the Gallup CE question, “I don’t want to imagine my
business or any book project without Lynn.”
This book could not have been written without the support
and love of my friends and family. They know who they are, so I
will forgo printing their names here. That is, with the exception
of my immediate family. Fiona and Andrew, I am so grateful
that God has given me the privilege to be your father. Nora, this
book has been dedicated to you and your ability to use cancer as
an opportunity to share the calm and peacefulness of your faith
with all of us—with those who know you well and even with ab-
solute strangers. Mom (Marie Michelli), thanks for being the liv-
ing proof that standards matter.
I am never sure how many people, other than me, actually
read acknowledgments to the end. We are probably the same
people who are still sitting in the theater long after the credits
have finished at the end of the movie. But for those of you who
have stayed with me through this personal process, thank you
for sharing your precious time with me and with The New Gold
Standard.

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