Taking Stock: A Spiritual Guide to Rising Above Life's Financial Ups and Downs"Foreword by Monsignor James P. Lisante
What is it about money that not only makes us feel secure but also drives us to measure our true worth by our financial standing? Whether we've experienced unmet monetary goals, job loss, or outright financial crisis, too many of us have let the stress of financial issues obscure our higher priorities. Taking Stock is a revelatory book filled with the wisdom and practical tools to move toward a lifeview in which success is defined by spiritual clarity, not by the promises money seldom delivers.
The author has been through his own rags-to-riches-and-back-to-rags saga, through which he learned money's true place and value. Examples from his own experience and from community and business life are sprinkled with teachings from the world's religions -- not to mention a healthy dose of common sense. To the religious and nonobservant alike, Taking Stock reveals:
* the role money plays in our lives * why we envy others for things we don't need * the difference between failure and failing * and how to ""start over"" using new definitions of success and happiness
The book closes with Prescriptions for Each Day of the Week, each one an inspiring and beautiful story with a gentle, clear moral. With compassion, humor, and profound wisdom, Taking Stock gives readers not only a way to cope, but also a deep appreciation for what they have -- not what they're missing." |
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... stock market of the late 1990s held out the promise of wealth for nearly everyone who could take advantage of it - with the encouragement of those seemingly " in the know . " People who never before expected such prosperity in their ...
... market . With an unexpected golden touch , or so it seemed , he showed his genius for picking stocks . It was the booming last years of the last century and nothing ever went wrong . Penny stocks ran up to $ 100 valuations . Venture ...
... stock market over these past few years . Current figures indicate that since the highs of 2000 , the market has wiped out almost $ 7.5 trillion of stock values — a staggering sum that cuts into the pockets of over 150 million Americans ...
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Contents
Say GoodbyeIts Really Gone | 5 |
No Youre Not Stupid | 11 |
How Much Are You Worth? | 21 |
How Expensive Is a Guilt Trip? | 26 |
Money Isnt Really Your Best Friend | 31 |
Wealth or Health? | 39 |
What Would You Do with It? | 45 |
Thou Shalt Not Covet | 53 |
Is There Life After Failure? | 90 |
Are You Being Tested? | 104 |
Pessimism Is Deadly | 114 |
Are You Afraid of Success? | 124 |
Greed Is Not Good | 132 |
Go to a Funeral | 141 |
Why the Bible Is Better than Buffett | 150 |
Starting Over | 167 |