So I googled him (as that is my favorite thing to do) and this is what I found:
A popular speaker, Dan lectures to corporations, associations, and universities around the world. He's provided analysis on dozens of television and radio broadcasts -including CNBC's "Power Lunch," ABC's "World News Tonight," NPR's "Morning Edition," and American Public Media's "Marketplace." And as an independent business consultant, he's advised start-up ventures and Fortune 100 companies on recruiting, business trends, and work practices.
A free agent himself, Dan held his last real job in the White House, where he served from 1995 to 1997 as chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore. He's also worked as an aide to U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich, an economic policy staffer in the U.S. Senate, a legal researcher in India, and a latrine builder in Botswana.
He received a B.A., with honors in linguistics, from Northwestern University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. To his lasting joy, he has never practiced law.
Dan lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their three children. He is now at work on his next two books, which will be published in 2008 and 2009.
After reading about him, I understood where he was coming from in his book. Nevertheless his book was quite a read, I am not surprised that he was a B.A. with honors in Linguistics. But in his book, he really made me look at myself, not as a reader but as a way of thinking. His ideas and thoughts created my own views of myself, almost by looking at myself as someone else would. To my disbelief, i sort of wasn't happy with what i was looking at. I mean, I am not a bad guy or anything, but to take time to look at yourself every once in a while, might not be a bad thing to do, for others sake as well as your own.
I am looking forward to reading is new books that will be coming out next year and the following year!
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