Thou Shall Prosper Workbook

RABBI DANIEL LAPIN AND SUSAN LAPIN are media personalities, speakers, and authors with a passion for teaching ancient Jewish life principles extracted from the Bible, making them accessible to folks of every background. International audiences regard the Lapins' work as entertaining, enlightening, and life-changing.

Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Believe in the Dignity and Morality of Business 3
Exercise 1: Honest Assessment 5
Exercise 2: Intensity Assessment 6
Exercise 3: Fill in the Blank: Noble Words 7
Exercise 4: Business Myth Buster 8
Exercise 5: Cultural Spot-the-Bias 9
Exercise 6: Mini Logic Puzzle: Who's Proud of Their Work? 10
Exercise 7: Gratitude: Flip the Script 11
Exercise 8: Cryptogram: Unlock the Truth 12
Exercise 9: Occupational Thought Experiment 13
Exercise 10: Elevator Pitch Challenge 14
Conclusion 15
Answer Key 15
Chapter 2 Extend the Network of Your Connectedness to Many People 17
Exercise 1: Friendship Assessment 19
Exercise 2: Stepping Stones 20
Exercise 3: The Taxi Driver Principle 21
Exercise 4: Your 30-Second Introduction 22
Exercise 5: Golf Without the Clubs 23
Exercise 6: Fill in the Blank: Friendship Fundamentals 24
Exercise 7: The Last Person on Earth 25
Exercise 8: Cryptogram: Friendship Wisdom 26
Exercise 9: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish? 27
Exercise 10: Teaching Others Is the Best Way to Know You Understand 28
Exercise 11: Tipping Culture Shift 29
Conclusion 30
Answer Key 30
Chapter 3 Get to Know Yourself 33
Exercise 1: You, Inc. 35
Exercise 2: Know Your Assets 36
Exercise 3: Give More than Is Demanded 37
Exercise 4: Unscramble the Words 38
Exercise 5: The Horse and the Rider 39
Exercise 6: My Physical Assets vs. My Spiritual Assets 40
Exercise 7: Balance Audit: Are You Shalem? 41
Exercise 8: Confront Your Weaknesses 42
Exercise 9: You Are Your Most Important Employee 43
Exercise 10: Emotional Barometer 44
Conclusion 45
Answer Key 45
Chapter 4 Do Not Pursue Perfection 47
Exercise 1: Educate Yourself 49
Exercise 2: Find Your Third Best 50
Exercise 3: Ethics Matter 51
Exercise 4: Reflection: Paralyzed by Perfection 52
Exercise 5: Ethical Capitalism 53
Exercise 6: Discover the Secret 54
Exercise 7: Take the Warren Buffett Challenge 55
Exercise 8: Don't Blame the Tool! 56
Exercise 9: Be a Myth-Buster 57
Exercise 10: The Overflowing Cup 58
Exercise 11: Build Your Bridge 59
Conclusion 60
Answer Key 60
Chapter 5 Lead Consistently and Constantly 61
Exercise 1: Be a Follower 63
Exercise 2: Who Follows You? 64
Exercise 3: How Have You Been Doing? 65
Exercise 4: Goals and Steps 66
Exercise 5: Cryptogram 67
Exercise 6: Practice Productive Confrontation 68
Exercise 7: Mastering Faith and Facts 69
Exercise 8: Maintaining Balance 70
Exercise 9: Maintain Employee Individuality 71
Exercise 10: Read Aloud - Really! 72
Exercise 11: Be a Lion 73
Conclusion 74
Answer Key 74
Chapter 6 Constantly Change the Changeable While Steadfastly Clinging to the Unchangeable 75
Exercise 1: Change Is Coming 77
Exercise 2: What Stays? What Goes? 78
Exercise 3: It's Your Turn 79
Exercise 4: Got Any Change? 80
Exercise 5: Unscramble the Words 81
Exercise 6: Profit Matters 82
Exercise 7: Change/No Change 83
Exercise 8: Point-Counterpoint 85
Exercise 9: Snapshot vs. Video 86
Exercise 10: Forecast the Future 87
Conclusion 89
Answer Key 89
Chapter 7 Learn to Foretell the Future 91
Exercise 1: What's Affecting Your Future? 93
Exercise 2: Who Can I Trust? 94
Exercise 3: The Wave of History 96
Exercise 4: Silent Time 97
Exercise 5: It's Your Turn 98
Exercise 6: Envision the Goal 99
Exercise 7: Train Your Memory 100
Exercise 8: Recite from Memory 101
Exercise 9: Watch Where You're Going 102
Exercise 10: What's My Motivation? 103
Conclusion 104
Answer Key 104
Chapter 8 Know Your Money 105
Exercise 1: Your Money Is You 107
Exercise 2: What's Your Rating? 108
Exercise 3: Go Further 109
Exercise 4: What's the Value? 110
Exercise 5: Numerical Literacy 111
Exercise 6: Faith in the Future 112
Exercise 7: Follow the Trail 113
Exercise 8: Build Your Reputation 114
Exercise 9: Don't Trash Your Reputation 115
Exercise 10: Avoid Doomsday 116
Conclusion 117
Answer Key 117
Chapter 9 Act Rich: Give Away 10 Percent of Your After-Tax Income 119
Exercise 1: What Do You Give 121
Exercise 2: My Giving and Buying Patterns 122
Exercise 3: Social Giving 124
Exercise 4: If 125
Exercise 5: Money Pipelines 126
Exercise 6: Words of Wisdom 127
Exercise 7: Change Your Thoughts 128
Exercise 8: Be a Giver Rather than a Consumer 129
Exercise 9: Say Cheese and Give 130
Exercise 10: Tell Me More! 132
Conclusion 133
Answer Key 133
Chapter 10 Never Retire 135
Exercise 1: Don't Aim for Irrelevance 137
Exercise 2: Work Is Meaningful 138
Exercise 3: Reject the Stereotype 139
Exercise 4: Keep Growing 140
Exercise 5: Follow the Theme 141
Exercise 6: Measure Your Growth 1 142
Exercise 7: Measure Your Growth 2 143
Exercise 8: Measure Your Growth 3 144
Exercise 9: Measure Your Growth 4 145
Exercise 10: Measure Your Growth 5 146
Exercise 11: Measure Your Growth 6 147
Conclusion 148
Answer Key 148
Index 149