What do you do for a living?

The Dalai Lama reflected in silence for a long while, and finally declared, "Nothing, I do nothing."

"No, really," I pressed. "What if someone persisted and asked you again?"

"Well," he laughed, "in that case, I would probably say, 'I just look after myself, just take care of myself.'"

His Holiness The Dalai Lama, The Art of Happiness at Work by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Christine Cutler