Alexander Green

Beyond Wealth

The Road Map to a Rich Life

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Produktbeschreibung

It's not all about the money; the key to true riches

Leo Tolstoy said, "Nobody knows where the human race is going. The highest wisdom, then, is to know where you are going." Yet many today chase the false rabbits of success: status, luxury, reputation and material possessions. In the quest to "have it all," our lives often lack real meaning and purpose. Beyond Wealth is the antidote.

New York Times bestselling author Alexander Green takes things right down to brass tacks: We are here for a short time. Knowledge is limitless. Therefore, the most critical knowledge is not any particular skill but rather wisdom about "how to live." Fortunately, men and women have had several thousand years to think about what it means to live "the good life." And the answers found here, from Plato and Aristotle to Mahatma Gandhi and Stephen Hawking, will both surprise and delight you.

Beyond Wealth provides insightful commentary on the most important aspects of our lives: love, work, honor, trust, freedom, death, fear, truth, beauty and other timeless issues. The book is both a thought provoking read and the ideal gift, guaranteed to ennoble, uplift and inspire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9781118027615
• ISBN-10: 1118027612
• Artikelnr.: 32914208

Autorenporträt

Sharron Green describes herself as a 'poet of a certain age' and shares poetry with elements of nostalgia, attempting to make sense of modern life and celebrate nature. She enjoys experimenting with rhymes and poetic forms. In 2021 Sharron completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Surrey. As well as Viral Odes, Sharron has poems in over 10 international anthologies and regularly posts about poetry on social media. Instagram, Facebook & Twitter: @rhymes_n_rosesWebsite: https://rhymesnroses.com

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Introduction. Part One. Dollars and Sense. Are the Rich Smarter
than You? Are You Losing Your Soul? Impatient Optimism ... and Radical
Generosity. You Can't Google This. The Only Thing that Really Matters. The
Principle Thing. The One Thing that Changes Everything. The Trouble with
Happiness. The Key to Personal Freedom. Change Your Perspective, Change
Your Life. How Your World Will At Last Be Built. The Most Important Job on
Earth. One of Life's Great Miracles. The Power of Negative Visualization.
How to Reclaim Your Life. Why It's One of the Seven Deadly Sins. The Ruling
Passion of the Noblest Minds. Part Two. Wealth Beyond Measure. Are You
Uncurious? The Road Not Taken. They Make Us All Richer. Are You Ready for
the Grand Tour? The Quintessence of Life. What Women Really Want. An
Incandescent Drop of America File. The Most Civilized Thing in the World.
How to Eat Like a Zen Master. The Sublimest Activity of the Human Mind.
Drunken Monkey Ice Cream ... and the Wisdom of Thornton Wilder. The Lost
Art of Conversation. What Success Really Means. What Are Your Sins of
Omission? The Beauty of Slowing Down. When Entertainment Becomes Art. Do
You Have a Secret? Are You Amusing Yourself to Death? In Praise of
Idleness. The Tyranny if the New. Why You Should Know "The Indispensable
Man". A Revelation at 4,500 Feet. Part Three. Knowing and Believing.
Tolstoy's Forbidden Book. A Shameless Veneration of Heroes. A Path to
Personal Freedom. Your Greatest Risk. Are You Part of "The Great
Conversation"? A 2,600-Year-Old Manual for Living. If You Knew What Jim
Brown Knows. The Noblest Expression of the Human Spirit. The Art of Living
Consciously. How to Let Your Life Speak. A Legacy of Inspiration. The Only
Thing New in the World. The University of Your Shelf. We Are All Greeks
Now. The Wisdom of Hillel. Meditations of the Philosopher-King. Part Four.
Matters of Life and Death. Discovering a New Sense of the Sacred. The
Highest of Arts. Emerson: The Quintessential American. The Life You Can
Save. Coming of Age in the Milky Way. The Literature of Truth. Your
Connection to Everything. The Difference between Knowing and Believing. The
Lessons of Haiti. Your Trip to "The Undiscovered Country'. The Beginning of
Wisdom. Of Lost Souls and Lucky Stiffs. How to Pull the Universe Out of a
Hat. It Makes Everything Meaningful. The Truth about Myths. Your Place In
"The Great Story". Seven Principles of Spirituality. Afterword. Appendix.
Further Reading. Acknowledgments. About the Author. Index.