PART ONE: WISDOM FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE

A Matter of Death and Life Life is brief

Stay Under the Umbrella Finding and keeping your focus in life

Tackle One Thing So Difficult You’ll Never Want to Do It Again Getting out of your comfort zone

The Amazing Power of Understatement Under-promise, over-deliver

Work Less, Think More Good thinking requires some effort

Buy Some Stamps Reclaiming the lost art of letter writing

Technology Isn’t Everything Learning to use it wisely

Honesty Can Be Costly But telling the truth is always good business

Good People Are Everything; Money Isn’t Building a winning corporate culture

Everyone’s in PR Are you practicing it poorly or well?

And Another Thing . . . A few more thoughts

PART TWO: WISDOM FOR YOUR PERSONAL LIFE

God Owns It All A wise perspective on things

The Wisdom of Firsts The first hour, the first day, the first dime

A Turtle on a Fencepost Appreciating how you got where you are

There Are No Degrees of Integrity You either have it or you don’t

A Proverb a Day Wisdom for every aspect of your life—in one short book

The Wisdom of Age Seek out older people

Shut Up and Listen Learning to listen more than you speak

The Best Defense . . . Is a Good Defense Why I won’t ride alone with another woman

Anticipate Deathbed Regrets Take steps now to avoid regrets later in life

Here’s to Not Drinking at All Wisdom and alcohol; a good mix?

And Another Thing . . . Just a few more thoughts

The Wisest Decision Anyone Can Make Answering the “And then what?” question