How do success and failure evolve into a curriculum for future families? Where do ancestors hide away their quality of life mementos and the albums showing their collective wisdom? This author has identified influences that changed his life, and he reveals the most important message ever composed for human civilization. Soft side resources transmitted generation to generation by the family tend to be highly determinative of success in school and in the workplace. Edward Slater's opinions, biases, and deeply held beliefs were developed from real life indoctrinations around boiler rooms, dormitory rooms, and kitchen tables in Indiana, Texas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. These are his words: "In the end, who must answer the ultimate questions? It's you. You have to make your conclusions and own your personal responsibilities. Be your own candid critic. Be an evangelist. Be a teacher. Construct your life as a stairway others can climb to find their own beliefs." The steps are in this book.