"I didn't really know anybody, so I would just go out by myself every week back and forth, " he says.

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I'd stay in the room, eat, maybe watch a little TV, and go to sleep by myself.

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So I went to go see "The Patriot" by myself, and ... the trailer came on and I hadn't seen it before.

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"He used to say, 'I want to go somewhere in the mountains, to be all by myself, to escape from everyday life, to be alone, '" Suleimanova said.

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That same afternoon, as I stood watching my seven year-old daughter at the playground while playing a mental game with myself by seeing how long I could go without checking my Blackberry, it occurred to me that everything you need to know about being a successful adult you learn at the playground.

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