Born and raised in New York City and a long-time resident of Washington, D.C., Clifford Brody has lived the life of an Army officer, U.S. diplomat, C-level entrepreneur, business and marketing consultant to big and small companies alike (including Citibank, HP, and Avon), and husband, father, brother, and uncle. Not all of these jobs, he is quick to admit, worked out quite the way he or anyone else expected. And like many others, he believes, the failures he encountered along the way taught him far more valuable lessons than did any success. Brody has been spotted in his driveway all too often...