Editing Richard Brodie (programmer) (section)

===After leaving Microsoft===
Between his stints at Microsoft, Brodie embarked on a self-improvement quest, taking numerous courses and participating in retreats, seeking an answer to "why money and success didn’t make me happy."<ref>{{cite book | title = Getting Past OK: The Self-Help Book for People Who Don't Need Help | author = Richard Brodie}}</ref> He wrote about his experience in his first book, ''Getting Past OK: The Self-Help Book for People Who Don’t Need Help'', first published in 1993. It became a regional bestseller and was republished by [[Warner Books]]. He followed it with ''Virus of the Mind'' (1995), which explored the new field of [[memetics]] from a practical point of view. [[Hay House]] bought the rights to both books and currently publishes them in many languages worldwide.

Brodie spoke about his books on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' and ''[[The Phil Donahue Show|Phil Donahue]]''.