Do As I Say, Not As I Did. Michael N. Marcus

LAUGH & LEARN <br><br>This bestselling book is a collection of amusing anecdotes and useful advice on a wide range of subjects: money, relationships, parenting, business, work, cars, food & drink, life & death, education, health, technology, media, aging, time, animals, baseball, sailing, sex, writing & publishing and law. <br><br>The book is the sad&mdash;and also humorous and helpful&mdash;story of what the author did wrong over a lifetime and what he learned from his mistakes, plus what he learned from observing other people, companies, animals and events.<br><br>Marcus often fantasizes about traveling back in time to warn himself not to make stupid mistakes.<br><br>He says, &quot;The ten-, twenty- and sixty-year-old me might have ignored the advice of parents, teachers, doctors and accountants&mdash;but not the advice of me. If I talk to myself I have to listen. While technology will not yet allow me to go back and talk to myself, I can warn and advise anyone else who&#39;s willing to pay attention. That&#39;s why I wrote this book. And maybe by looking back I can influence my own future.&quot;