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was relieved they’d stopped honking their horns for a couple of
minutes at least. There are times when it’s great to be recogniza-
ble, and this was one of those times. Of course, there are plenty
of times when it creates problems I could live without.
Ihaveagreatsecurityteam,butnowandthenthingscan
happen. I was scheduled to appear at a party on a ship on the
Hudson River that was going to do an evening dinner cruise
around Manhattan. It would take up about 15 minutes of my
time, and I would leave before the boat left the dock. It was a
greatcocktailparty,andIwastalkingtoafewpeople,whensud-
denly I noticed the boat wasn’t at the dock anymore—we were
going down the river! No one told me we were leaving the dock,
including my bodyguard. He hadn’t noticed the boat leaving
either. Well, here I was, stuck on a cruise around Manhattan for
three hours on a Saturday night—not exactly what I had planned!
I didn’t know who to get angry at first—the captain, my host, my
bodyguard, or whoever was around me. I never would have agreed
to a three-hour cruise. I thought about jumping in the river and
swimming back to Manhattan. I was pretty mad.
Anyway, since there was nothing I could do about it, I
decided to go with the flow. It was actually a great group of
people, and they seemed happy to have me aboard, whether I’d
been invited or not. So I joined them, told some stories, had
some laughs, and it was great. It was also a beautiful evening and
the party took on a celebratory mood that no one had expected.
It ended up being a night we’d all remember.

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My advice to you is, go with the flow, especially if you
don’t have a choice. This time I actually enjoyed some

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