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ook, I am not the <strong>com</strong>mittee type. Butthe goals <strong>of</strong> those <strong>com</strong>mittees lit me up,so that’s what I did.F<strong>in</strong>ally, pay attention to what youenvy. Jealousy is an ugly emotion, butit tells the truth. You mostly envy thosewho have what you desire. I met myown envy after some <strong>of</strong> my former lawschool classmates got together and<strong>com</strong>pared notes on alumni careertracks. <strong>The</strong>y spoke with admirationand, yes, jealousy, <strong>of</strong> a classmate whoargued regularly before the SupremeCourt. At first I felt critical. More powerto that classmate! I thought, congratulat<strong>in</strong>gmyself on my magnanimity. <strong>The</strong>nI realized that my largesse came cheap,because I didn’t aspire to argue a casebefore the Supreme Court, or to any <strong>of</strong>the other accolades <strong>of</strong> lawyer<strong>in</strong>g. WhenI asked myself whom I did envy, the answercame back <strong>in</strong>stantly. My college618/929

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