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My New Book

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I know what you are thinking, "Rabbi, you need to take a course in marketing."

"I don't need a book on how to ruin my marriage - I already know how to do that!"

As it says in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe, the secret of flying is to fall to the ground.... and miss.

Warren Buffet's long standing business partner, Charlie Munger, says the same thing in business, know where you will die (in business) and don't go there.

Similarly, the key to being happily married is to know the things that ruin your marriage and simply stop doing them.

Simple.

Save yourself the trouble of marriage counseling - get this book and don't do what it says!

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99% of what you worry about...

stress.jpg...doesn’t ever happen, and what does happen is not on the list!

In error, you might conclude, “I have the wrong list.”

Despite the fact we complain about it, it’s for this reason we follow the news and current tragedies – we want to compile the "right" worry list.

I hate to break it to you, but 99% of what EVERYONE worries about doesn’t happen. Whatever list you or anyone else has, G-d is using a different one.

Even the President of the United States who has a small army of staffers just dedicated to figuring out what to worry about didn’t list the Twin Towers coming down. If the President couldn’t figure out what to worry about, then what chance do you and I have?

In short, we not only have a list of worries, but we also worry about whether we have the right list!

Interestingly, and as odd as it might sound, happiness is worrying about the right things in life (Proverbs 28:14).

What is the right worry?

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When I said, talk to your kids about drugs, I meant…
 
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"Only you” should talk to your kids about drugs.

Listen I don’t want to scare you or anything, but we are talking about drugs. If you were the only one talking to your kids that would be just fine. But that world doesn’t exist - your kids talk to many other people. 

Unfortunately, parents often fail to take into account the other "advice" their children are getting. To fully appreciate what you are up against, we have put them side-by-side, comparing what the “experts” recommend with what your child's friends are telling them:

This is what the experts (D.A.R.E.*) tell you: “Tell your children that you love them and you want them to be happy and healthy.” 

Now this is what Your Child’s Friends (Y.C.F.)  tell them (sometimes more than you):  “Ditto.”

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