Above all, Brodsky spent time reevaluating what he wanted out of business, and what he wanted out of life. In his mad pursuit of his $100-million mirage, he’d missed the childhood of his eldest daughter. Was he going to miss his younger daughter’s childhood as well? Although he and his wife, Elaine, loved to travel, the only traveling he’d done in the 1980s was on business. He’d taken no real vacations for more than twelve years. He’d had precious little family time. He’d let his ambition override all that was most important to him. What he’d lost, he would never get back. But he could make
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