An Embarrassment of Riches Tapping Into the World's Greatest Legacy of Wealth
by Green, AlexanderEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2013-11-25
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
A bestselling financial expert outlines a new, holistic approach to wealth "Are you living a rich life? Are you enjoying your work, or are you simply selling yourself to the highest bidder?" asks Alexander Green, author of such bestsellers as The Gone Fishin' Portfolio and Beyond Wealth. In An Embarrassment of Riches: Tapping Into the World's Greatest Legacy of Wealth, Green outlines a new, holistic approach to wealth that helps readers build a life as rich in purpose and meaning as in money. Alexander Green has enjoyed a successful career as both a professional money manager and a financial writer with a unique, spiritual approach to wealthy living that is expressed in his newest book, An Embarrassment of Riches. Emphasizing understanding, wisdom, and purpose as much as income and assets, Green walks readers on a path to accumulating wealth in the broadest sense of the term. Offers financial perspectives from a bestselling investment expert with a spiritual approach Emphasizes understanding, wisdom, and purpose as much as income and assets Helps readers make decisions based on personal as well as financial aspirations "You can't put a price on freedom, especially personal freedom," says Alexander Green. An Embarrassment of Riches: Tapping Into the World's Greatest Legacy of Wealth shows readers how to lead a life that is both materially and spiritually rich.
Author Biography
ALEXANDER GREEN is the Chief Investment Strategist of The Oxford Club and the author of three national bestsellers: The Gone Fishin' Portfolio, The Secret of Shelter Island and Beyond Wealth. He has been featured on Oprah & Friends, Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, CNBC, MSNBC, and C-SPAN and has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes, and many other publications. He currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Winter Springs, Florida, with his wife Karen and their children, Hannah and David.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part One: A Wealth of Gratitude
A Message from the Land of the Unwell
The Reason You Should Be Biased
What We Live to Discover
Like No Other Nation In the World
How to Put a Touch of Glory In Your Life
The Greatest Star of Them All
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Do You Know Where You Are?
The Mind-Boggling Universe, Part II
The Best That Has Been Thought and Said
A Titan For Freedom and Prosperity
The Great Key to Successful Living
What You Can Learn From “The Gadfly of Athens”
The True Rulers of the Planet
Confessions of An Analog Man
How to Be Miserable In One Easy Lesson
For Music Lovers Only
Part Two: A Wealth of Wisdom
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
Discovering a New Sense of the Sacred
The Cash Value of the American Mind
The Key to Civility … and Greatness
How to Defeat Death
The Sage Who Spoke to Everyman
The Greatest Bestseller of All Time
The Pursuit of Moral Perfection
How Apple Got Its Zen
The Secret of “Big-Ass Salads”
Take a Vacation Inside Your Head
What We Can Learn From “The Gadfly of Athens”
The Biggest Question of Them All
A Requiem For an Atheist
The Nation’s Most Misunderstood Man
Why Grant’s Final Victory Was His Greatest
The Other Freedom Document of 1776
The Right Man at the Right Time
The Most Powerful Thing You Can Do For Your Body
The “Howling Atheist” Who Governed the Country
Part Three: A Wealth of Understanding
Why You Love and Need the Rat Race
How to Live “the Good Life”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb … and the Pursuit of Phronesis
The Gift a Man Gives Himself
A Billionaire’s Best Advice
The Lost Art of Conversation
A Visit Everyone Should Make
The Man Who Made Dreams Come True
How to Talk Politics Without Committing Murder
The True Secret of Success
How to Be a Big Loser
Three Words That Will Save Your Life
Are You Awake?
The One Factor That Changes Everything
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
How the First Americans Became Last
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
A Short Lesson In Humility
Afterword
Further Reading
About the Author
Index
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