I've been enjoying Tony Hsieh's memoir Delivering Happiness about how he grew and sold LinkExchange and then grew and sold Zappos. In the book, he describes the deal that he made with Microsoft as part of the LinkExchange sale. His portion of the sale would be $40 million. He received 80% at closing, but to help with the transition, he was required to stay with the company for one year to receive the remaining 20%. At first, he dutifully went to work and sat around checking email and taking long lunch breaks as he put in his time. After a short period of time he realized how bored he was, and realized how