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Taking Your Place at the Table: The Art of Refusing to Be an Outsider Kindle Edition

by Joseph JB Bensmihen (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.8 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
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.

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At age six, Joseph Bensmihen walked into the office of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, asked for an immediate meeting with him, and got it. Since then, he has fine-tuned the art of getting to the table―while becoming a millionaire and a highly successful business leader. He has met with the last three American presidents, Vice President Pence, and many senators, and has advised multiple members of Congress. He has given hundreds of talks at a wide range of venues, from Chautauqua Institute to Yeshiva University to Friendship Circle events.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B073ZRBHN6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Morgan James Publishing (August 1, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 1, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.1 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 233 pages
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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.

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  • Shoshana S.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2020
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    This is the story of an amazing person who uses his life experiences to help guide others in overcoming their own obstacles. The author uses insights into his life to draw lessons for developing in both professional and personal ways.
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  • Gordon I. Leipzig
    5.0 out of 5 stars ...A great read!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2017
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    Taking Your Place at the Table: The Art of Refusing to Be an Outsider

    Through a series of touching, deeply personal stories, JB Bensmihen provides very practical tactics and thoughtful advice for improving one’s situation in business and in life. A really enjoyable read that motivates one to define success in meaningful ways and then go out and achieve! Highly recommend!
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  • paul Mathis
    4.0 out of 5 stars very good book!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2018
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    Met the author, very good book!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars must read to be successful
    Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2020
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    great book, looking forward to a second one!
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  • Dr. Thomas Law
    5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing Tansparency
    Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2018
    This is a captivating story of one man’s journey to the “table” and what he has learned along the way. The author brings the reader into his world, pulling back the shades, and transparently letting the reader see behind the curtain of his life. As Bensmihen says, “This book is about taking your place at the table, no matter what other people say. Whatever table you want to sit at, this book can help you get there. It offers advice, guidance, inspiration, and real-life stories about what works and what doesn’t. I do know that there is often a world of difference between your actual limitations and the limitations that people think or say or believe you have. It’s important to understand your real ones. It’s just as important to question the ones that other people—or you—merely imagine. Getting to the table is only a means to an end. Once you’re there, you’ll have important work to do, using your place at that table to serve other human beings.”

    All of us struggle, at times, with getting to the table, staying at the table, or being asked to leave the table. This is life. Bensmihen, though, had the deck stacked against him and, in spite of those difficulties, he has taken his place at the table. He was born with cerebral palsy. A condition which, for him, affected the use of his legs. He now walks with two canes. As such those around him wanted to set limits for him, ostensibly for his own protection. He wanted to be with everyone else and be given the same chances everyone else has.

    This book is his story. We can learn a lot from his struggles. Those of us who do not have physical disabilities can learn how to encourage those who do. Those of us who, because of our lack of disabilities, should “have it made” can learn how to make it. Regardless of our circumstances we all struggle and Bensmihen had done each one of us a huge service by laying out in a clear and unambiguous way what we need to do along the way.

    His transparency is refreshing. His willingness to admit his mistakes and the lessons he learned from them is fantastic. Would that we were all as open as he has been in this book. The bullet points at the end of each chapter are invaluable. Each mark a course we can, and should, take. Each clarify how we can be better than we are now. Each show us how to take our place at the table and stay there.
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  • Travis H.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Read this brief book when you've had a bad day!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2018
    This book is as inspiring as they come. Read this brief book when you've had a bad day to recall the challenges faced and overcome by others with bigger battles to fight. The author demonstrates how you can "take your place at the table" as you go through life while teaching you how to not accept no for an answer! I'll read this one again from time-to-time and share with others who may need some inspiration. You won't regret this investment!
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  • Michelle Reich Mitelman
    4.0 out of 5 stars How nice
    Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2020
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    Thank you for the book! I wonder why JB wrote this now, when one can tell that the most important accomplishment of his life is about to happen. I wonder who i wanted to meet the most, JB himself or his father.
    The book make me wonder how i just accept my weaknesses instead of change it or turn it into an asset.
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  • Joan S. Bortnick
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is a highly motivational book that should be required ...
    Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2017
    This is a highly motivational book that should be required reading for everyone starting in High School. When the book edition is published in October, grab a copy. I cannot think of a single person that will not benefit from reading and owning it at any phase of his or her life.
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  • Ben Levy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very well written and probably useful to people with disability
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2017
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    A very interesting book. It is more an autobiography of the author than a teaching book. Very well written and probably useful to people with disability.
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