Business is a competitive business. How do you survive to quitting time while learning something new each day and returning tomorrow as a better employee, coworker, or boss? These pages include anecdotes, lessons, and tips based on actual events the author experienced during more than forty years of earning a living. These reflections were originally compiled and given to the author's children as a high school and college graduation gift with hopes they could learn from his mistakes and be encouraged to surpass any level of success he ever enjoyed.