THE MOST VIP THING ABOUT YOUR CAREER IS NOT YOUR CAREER: Funny how things work. Several weeks ago as I was preparing to hear a speaker tomorrow, I bought his book, which was written in 1994. I think Amazon said there were only, like, five copies left and they weren’t sure where to find them.

But they did locate one copy of “Walking the Tightrope” by Tom Barrett and shipped it to me. Boy, do I wish I had found this one a long time ago. He worked on the Hill and came away a better man. I worked on the Hill and didn’t begin to recover until years later. Check it out on HillFaith, even if you don’t work on Capitol Hill and wouldn’t be caught dead working in any government office.