The stories in this autobiography include life-threatening as well as life-enhancing experiences. They also cover my career experiences including those as vice president of the investment banking firm Lehman Brothers and as Commissioner for Economic Development of NYC under Mayor Edward Koch after the New York's brush with bankruptcy in the mid-1970's. Additionally, this book relates my attempts to maintain and enhance crucial relationships in my family in the face of enormous social change and work pressures. It also discusses my inner thoughts and feelings on a wide variety of social, political and ethical issues.