“The seminar was worth every penny,” Avi enthused. “Really life changing.”We had no idea then how life changing it would be.
“B
e dangerous, or you’ll be in danger.”
That’s the message my 20-year-old son Avi absorbed from his guru, an internationally renowned sales trainer who, for legal reasons, I can’t name. Let’s call him Bruce Slinger.
But first, a little about Avi. Avi was never a behind-the-desk kind of kid. Although he was extremely bright, his attention span didn’t match his intelligence, and he chafed in a classroom environment. In elementary school, he was diagnosed with ADD, and we reluctantly put him on Concerta, a form of slow-release Ritalin. The medication helped him focus, but he didn’t like the way it made him feel, and in tenth grade he decided to stop taking it.
After a rocky high school career, Avi switched to a yeshiva for out-of-the-box kids. While at this yeshiva, Avi experimented with marijuana and got hooked. He knew this habit could ruin his life, though, and he was determined to stop, so he asked me to send him to rehab.
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