No one ever told us that: money and life lessons for young adults

BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL : Take the Pro to Lunch Beware of Experts If Your Company Is Bought by Another Entitlement Don t Be a Wise Guy A Little Bit of New Jersey or Brooklyn 19 Don t Be Afraid to Ask Stupid or Provocative Questions Laughter Can Diffuse the Problems You Never Know Anyone until You Deal with Their Money Plan for the Worst Case, Not the Best, in Business and in Life So You Want to Be in the Investment Business Do Your Homework How to Get Good Press and Publicity Acts of Kindness Tipping 40 Resumes Redux Always Have a Fallback Plan Blood and Water Media Translations So You Got Fired Provocative Headings Getting Rich: The Ups and Downs Branding: Pulling the Wagon Tribes Weekends Being an Entrepreneur: What It Takes BECOMING FINANCIALLY SECURE : Interest Rates Insider Trading Do You Want to Make Money, or Would You Rather Fool Around? Doing Stock Research Make Long-Term Money with Simple Themes Can You Do It Yourself? Getting to Peace of Mind Picking Someone to Watch over Your Money When You re Frightened by the News BECOMING YOUR OWN PERSON : The Actor and the Actress Having Something to Trade The 110 Percent Rule Life Lessons: Don t Look Back Get Your Elders Stories Don t Be a Trustee or an Executor Buying and Selling Jewelry Social or Country Clubs

The Incremental Pain in the Butt Theory

Every Family Is a Soap Opera

Fathers and Sons

When Family or Friends Are Afflicted

Go to the Source

Philanthropy

Keep the Markers out There

Raising Children

Marriage

Divorce

Someone to Love You

Medical Smarts

Taking Care of the People Who Take Care of You

Losing a Parent

Getting Smart Lawyers on Your Side

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