What Would Ben Stein Do? – Applying the Wisdom of a Modern–Day Prophet to Tackle the Challenges of Work and Life

1. Marriage: A Big, Big Deal 1
<p>2. Character Is Your Most Important Product, and Work Is a Life or Death Matter 5</p>
<p>3. Work = Character 9</p>
<p>4. Work Is Not the Same as Looking for Work 13</p>
<p>5. Personality, No Divas Wanted 19</p>
<p>6. Getting Along in Marriage Is Not Easy It s a Job 27</p>
<p>7. Tipping 41</p>
<p>8. Work Is a Gift from God 47</p>
<p>9. The Need to Save Money Is Life or Death 57</p>
<p>10. There Are Few Guarantees 61</p>
<p>11. Your Beloved Parents 67</p>
<p>12. Does Death Really Come as the End? Maybe Not 71</p>
<p>13. Friendship Is Golden 77</p>
<p>14. Don t Be Late! 81</p>
<p>15. Do Not Cross Other People s Borders without Being Invited In 87</p>
<p>16. I Am Just Like You, Only I Am Me 93</p>
<p>17. You Are Not at the Center of the Universe 99</p>
<p>18. The Next Indicated Action 103</p>
<p>19. You Are What You Drive 107</p>
<p>20. The Absolutely Fastest, Surest Way to Get Rich Quick 115</p>
<p>21. Silence Is Golden 121</p>
<p>22. Gratitude, Revisited 125</p>
<p>23. A Day to Remember 129</p>
<p>24. Save and Beware 135</p>
<p>25. Play It Safe 141</p>
<p>26. Be Nice 145</p>
<p>27. Thoughts on the Economic Morass and How to Get Out of It 149</p>
<p>28. Progress, Not Perfection 155</p>
<p>29. Education To Read or Not to Read 159</p>
<p>30. The Good Side of Drugs 169</p>
<p>31. To the Tables Down at Mory s 177</p>
<p>32. Tax Policy 187</p>
<p>33. Benjyrama 195</p>
<p>Index 201</p>