Although our attempts to form a religion around the teachings of James Bond have largely failed, the man still has much to teach us. Today we'll examine how Bond deals with the many, many tragedies he's encountered in his life. We hope to show you that, though he may be a suave secret agent with an almost inhuman ability to score chicks, Bond lives his life by principals we can all apply in our own day to day existence. Advertisement

1 A Colleague Dies As Seen In: Continue Reading Below Advertisement A View To A Kill, The World Is Not Enough The death of a coworker is something we must all be prepared to deal with, especially if we work at a large company with bad health benefits. Being able to cope ensures the tragedy doesn't derail a healthy workplace and career. Having repeatedly watched fellow agents fall in the line of duty, Bond has had no choice but to learn to properly mourn his colleagues.

"Goodbye, Hagrid." The Grieving Process: Step One: Look slightly surprised for two seconds. Step Two: Go on as if nothing happened.

"I shall miss you, Agent 003. As soon as I finish looting your corpse." Continue Reading Below Advertisement

2 You Find Your Best Friend's Corpse, After a Drug Lord Fed Him to a Shark As Seen In: License To Kill Probably no more than 10% of you will lose a close friend to a premeditated shark attack, and fewer still will find out about their death from a taunting note taped to the half-eaten body. But as Bond demonstrates once again, you must learn to keep the tragedy from taking over your life. The Grieving Process: Step One: Resign from the service. Continue Reading Below Advertisement Step Two: Go on a rampage, brutally murdering every drug dealer in South America. Step Three: Utter dry witticism. Step Four: Never mention friend again.

3 A Woman You Love is Murdered As Seen In: Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man With The Golden Gun, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only... pretty much all of them. How often have you met a woman--say, during a high-stakes card game or while sneaking into a criminal mastermind's submarine--only to have her turn up brutally murdered later? As Bond demonstrates, the important thing is that you not blame yourself ... even if it's happened to a statistically convincing percentage of the many women he's slept with. Continue Reading Below Advertisement

"That must have taken forever! What an asshole." The Grieving Process: Step One: Bow head for three seconds Step Two: Kill said bad guy

"You're about to find out why they call me Bulletfinger."

"Wait, what?"

*POW* Step Three: Utter dry witticism. Step Four: Go on as if nothing happened.