Earlier this year, my 12 year-old daughter Emma volunteered me to speak at her Career Day at school. When her teacher asked what my profession was, she replied, without hesitation, “Treasure Hunter!”. Surprised, her teacher then asked, “What kind of treasure? Sunken ships?” “No” my daughter responded. “My dad travels around the world looking for rare historical books and documents—kind of like Nicolas Cage. That’s what I want to do when I grow up.”
In fact, if my life were a movie, it would be part Indiana Jones, part National Treasure and part Sherlock Holmes. That is, of course, if you edit out mowing the lawn, going home teaching and helping the kids with homework.
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