Virgin Views

Life Begins at 54

As most of you know, I and I alone have been Chevalier, and on top of that I was the President of a small manufacturing company and half owner of it. After my former wife and I separated I bought a little place of my own and installed Virginia as Lady of the house. So I have had Chevalier, the business, the house and occasionally a few personal pleasures com- peting for my time and energy. I haven't been to bed before midnight except once for nearly 3 years. I've been bushed, behind and bewildered with these demands. for some time, so I've made a decision.

After one has built up a business and had the satisfaction of creating it, the daily chores of ad- ministrating it begin to get boring, particularly to an adventuresome, curious, and scientifically trained person such as myself. So what was the solution.... I sold out of my half of the business. I just decided that I am going to devote the next 30 years of my life to doing those things that bring satisfaction,- investigating, reading, writing, helping people, traveling when and where possible, and other creat- ive things. The money that I got from the sale was not great and it is going to be invested to provide for the latter portions of this 30 years so I am going to have to earn most of my daily bread from here on in by other means than previously.

Chevalier has always earned something over its costs, a net profit in that sense but it has never paid its main employee, me, anything like a fair hourly wage for the time devoted to it. I have con-

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