ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I must start by acknowledging Rusty Robertson. If you ever want to "cut" the best deal of your life and have it done with honesty, integrity, and passion, don't do it without her. She is the best. She is half of me, and I couldn't have done a damn thing without her.

Sally Wilkins has organized everything I needed from the moment I met her. Without Sally I'd be in a padded room, spinning around in a circle, babbling about all there is to do. Thanks for keeping me sane, enlightened, and honest. Sally, I love you very much.

Ethel La Branch has straightened me up and made me as pretty and fluffy as anyone could make me. When you see me all clean and pressed on tele, thank Ethel. The cards, gifts, and acknowledgments that get there on time with a nice note attached—I'm ashamed to admit it's not me, it's Ethel. When I write the checks from an account that I closed three months before, it's Ethel who saves me every time. When I am sixty-three years old, I want to be as beautiful, sexy, and cool as Ethel.

The staff at the studio: You guys work like hell to maintain the standards of this program. You've done such a great job. This studio is my blood, and when I'm out of town and I know our clients are being taken care of by you guys, I am at peace. That is very, very important to me. Thank you.

Debbie Workman, our staff exercise physiologist: You made the right decision, and I know it wasn't easy. This is where you belong, because you've got great integrity and a passion to get the right information out to as many people as possible. That's all you need to hang out with us. Welcome.

To the staff of RPR: You guys plugged me in, faxed me, and FedExed me every time I needed it. Thanks so much.

To Jan Miller, my literary agent, who went right along with the conversation about hats and going to the bathroom as if it were perfectly normal that day.

Last, but certainly not least, Bob Asahina. Rusty and I walked into this man's office, blew him out of the water, talked about hats and going to the bathroom, and he got it. Instantly, he got it. That's my kind of man. Bob, Bob, he's my man, if he can't do it... nobody can, not edit like this man, not many people are that good at anything.

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