Steve Herz

And so that was the gut punch. And I kind of reeled out of his office with a whole new focus of what the rest of my life would look like. Because up until then, those first 25 years were directly in that one singular manner of I'm going to become a lawyer.

No, no plan B. As I said, I mentioned this in the book, my dad is now retired, but he was a successful attorney. I have two older brothers that were and are successful lawyers, cousins, aunts, uncles. I mean, it's just like, it's the family business basically. And I grew up our family, you know, kind of pastime is arguing and dating. So this was it. This was my whole life.

No, no plan B. As I said, I mentioned this in the book, my dad is now retired, but he was a successful attorney. I have two older brothers that were and are successful lawyers, cousins, aunts, uncles. I mean, it's just like, it's the family business basically. And I grew up our family, you know, kind of pastime is arguing and dating. So this was it. This was my whole life.

No, no plan B. As I said, I mentioned this in the book, my dad is now retired, but he was a successful attorney. I have two older brothers that were and are successful lawyers, cousins, aunts, uncles. I mean, it's just like, it's the family business basically. And I grew up our family, you know, kind of pastime is arguing and dating. So this was it. This was my whole life.

And then it was gone in an instant, in a sense.

And then it was gone in an instant, in a sense.

And then it was gone in an instant, in a sense.

It's interesting. I mean, we're going back 30 years now. So I'm committing this to memory that I think I was just lost for a while. Look, the good news is that I agreed with Turner Smith.

It's interesting. I mean, we're going back 30 years now. So I'm committing this to memory that I think I was just lost for a while. Look, the good news is that I agreed with Turner Smith.

It's interesting. I mean, we're going back 30 years now. So I'm committing this to memory that I think I was just lost for a while. Look, the good news is that I agreed with Turner Smith.

I think the worst part about getting fired from a job, I would think, this luckily has never happened to me, is that you get fired from a job and they tell you you're no good at the entire field and you actually don't believe them. You do believe you're good at it. I knew I wasn't cut out for it. So that was kind of, in a weird way, it was comforting and discomforting at the same time.

I think the worst part about getting fired from a job, I would think, this luckily has never happened to me, is that you get fired from a job and they tell you you're no good at the entire field and you actually don't believe them. You do believe you're good at it. I knew I wasn't cut out for it. So that was kind of, in a weird way, it was comforting and discomforting at the same time.

I think the worst part about getting fired from a job, I would think, this luckily has never happened to me, is that you get fired from a job and they tell you you're no good at the entire field and you actually don't believe them. You do believe you're good at it. I knew I wasn't cut out for it. So that was kind of, in a weird way, it was comforting and discomforting at the same time.

It was kind of a double whammy in the sense that I now had to go figure out what else could I do with my life after not having thought about it. So I was kind of lost for a while. I had this last year of law school to finish and it didn't make sense not to finish. And also, you know, take the bar. So my dad and mom were like, hey, just take the bar.

It was kind of a double whammy in the sense that I now had to go figure out what else could I do with my life after not having thought about it. So I was kind of lost for a while. I had this last year of law school to finish and it didn't make sense not to finish. And also, you know, take the bar. So my dad and mom were like, hey, just take the bar.

It was kind of a double whammy in the sense that I now had to go figure out what else could I do with my life after not having thought about it. So I was kind of lost for a while. I had this last year of law school to finish and it didn't make sense not to finish. And also, you know, take the bar. So my dad and mom were like, hey, just take the bar.

If you don't want to go practice law, at least you'll say you could have done it. So that was I knew there was another year of all that. And I did all that. Luckily, passed the bar, etc., But I just didn't really know what I wanted to do. And nothing really came to me. And I did end up practicing law briefly from my dad's law firm on Long Island.

If you don't want to go practice law, at least you'll say you could have done it. So that was I knew there was another year of all that. And I did all that. Luckily, passed the bar, etc., But I just didn't really know what I wanted to do. And nothing really came to me. And I did end up practicing law briefly from my dad's law firm on Long Island.

If you don't want to go practice law, at least you'll say you could have done it. So that was I knew there was another year of all that. And I did all that. Luckily, passed the bar, etc., But I just didn't really know what I wanted to do. And nothing really came to me. And I did end up practicing law briefly from my dad's law firm on Long Island.

And that's when I kind of just had this weird thing happen. I was reading the newspaper one day, the New York Times sports section. And there was an article about this goalie for the New York Rangers named John Van Biesbroeck. And it was a story about how he was going to be traded, likely to be traded.