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

SO,WHAT WOULDN′T BEN STEIN DO?
There are so many terrible ideas to avoid. For instance, Ben Stein wouldn′t marry someone who refused to work or was a diva or had a drug problem. Any of those choices would be really bad. He wouldn′t spend his entire paycheck and leave his bank account empty. He wouldn′t arrive late to an appointment. (Most definitely not!) He wouldn′t drive an ugly car. He′s fairly certain he wouldn′t pierce any part of his face. He also wouldn′t preserve tax cuts and expect money to trickle down from the sky. And he would never invite a drunken stranger into his home (again).
What Would Ben Stein Do? Read this book, and find out. His answers to your questions about life, work, money, relationships, and everything in between are all inside.

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

Nota biograficzna:
BEN STEIN, a graduate of Yale Law School, worked as a trial lawyer and a poverty lawyer. He taught about the political and social content of mass culture and law and economics at American University; the University of California, Santa Cruz; and Pepperdine University. He was a speech writer for Presidents Nixon and Ford, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, a bestselling author several times over, a teacher of finance, a screenwriter, a novelist, and has also enjoyed a career as an actor, most notably for his role as the droning teacher in Ferris Bueller′s Day Off, recently ranked one of the fifty most famous scenes in American film. In short, Ben Stein is a man who has lived, and one would do well to heed his advice.

Okładka tylna:
SO,WHAT WOULDN′T BEN STEIN DO?
There are so many terrible ideas to avoid. For instance, Ben Stein wouldn′t marry someone who refused to work or was a diva or had a drug problem. Any of those choices would be really bad. He wouldn′t spend his entire paycheck and leave his bank account empty. He wouldn′t arrive late to an appointment. (Most definitely not!) He wouldn′t drive an ugly car. He′s fairly certain he wouldn′t pierce any part of his face. He also wouldn′t preserve tax cuts and expect money to trickle down from the sky. And he would never invite a drunken stranger into his home (again).
What Would Ben Stein Do? Read this book, and find out. His answers to your questions about life, work, money, relationships, and everything in between are all inside.