I was a little late to the party. I’m not going to lie. I’m not going to tell you that’s not a first impression. I used to be the guy who waited to see a shoe when I saw one in the shoe department. I was the guy who would walk down the aisles of our local store and start looking for the shoe that would make me the happiest person in the store.

I remember that feeling. I also remember being told that some of my own friends thought I was a bit of a jerk for waiting to see shoe after shoe. I don’t know if they were all young and foolish like me, or if they were just me just being a little bit younger. Either way, I was a bit of a jerk.