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Taking Your Place at the Table is the first of its kind on the art of becoming an insider. It focuses closely on three topics: 1) getting to the table -- moving from the outside to the inside; 2) using your insider status wisely once you get there; and 3) leaving the table gracefully when the time is right. Joseph JB Bensmihen has fine-tuned the art of getting to the table -- while becoming a millionaire and a highly successful business leader. He has given hundreds of talks at a wide range of venues, from Chautauqua Institute to Yeshiva University to Friendship Circle events. At age six, he talked his way into a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau; since then he has met with three presidents, Vice President Pence, and many senators -- and has advised multiple members of Congress.
About the Author
At age six, I walked into Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's office, asked for an immediate meeting, and got it.
At that meeting, I told the Prime Minister, "I want to go to a regular school. Why are you keeping me apart just because I walk with two canes? "
At age 11, I was the first disabled student in Canada to be mainstreamed. At age 18, I gave the valedictorian address at my high school.
At age 26, I earned a master's degree in social work from Yeshiva University. At age 28, I and my wife launched own own business. In 2003, by age 33, we were multi-millionaires.
Over the years, I've met with three presidents - Obama, Bush, and Clinton - and advised many members of Congress on health care, consumer rights, the sustainability of small business, issues related to seniors and people with disabilities, and American-Israeli relations.
In October of 2017, Morgan James Publishing released my book, TAKING YOUR PLACE AT THE TABLE: The Art of Refusing to Be an Outsider.
Today, as a speaker, trainer, presenter, and coach, I help people and organizations take their own places at a wide variety of tables.
