True Measures of Money, Business, and Life
Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 117 mm x 174 mm, Gewicht: 246 g
ISBN: 978-0-470-52423-7
Verlag: Wiley
John Bogle puts our obsession with financial success in perspective
Throughout his legendary career, John C. Bogle-founder of the Vanguard Mutual Fund Group and creator of the first index mutual fund-has helped investors build wealth the right way and led a tireless campaign to restore common sense to the investment world. Along the way, he's seen how destructive an obsession with financial success can be. Now, with Enough., he puts this dilemma in perspective.
Inspired in large measure by the hundreds of lectures Bogle has delivered to professional groups and college students in recent years, Enough. seeks, paraphrasing Kurt Vonnegut, "to poison our minds with a little humanity." Page by page, Bogle thoughtfully considers what "enough" actually means as it relates to money, business, and life.
- Reveals Bogle's unparalleled insights on money and what we should consider as the true treasures in our lives
- Details the values we should emulate in our business and professional callings
- Contains thought-provoking life lessons regarding our individual roles in society
Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this unique book examines what it truly means to have "enough" in world increasingly focused on status and score-keeping.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword by William Jefferson Clinton vii
Prologue by Tom Peters xi
Author’s Note: A Crisis of Ethic Proportions xvii
Introduction 1
MONEY
CHAPTER 1 Too Much Cost, Not Enough Value 29
CHAPTER 2 Too Much Speculation, Not Enough Investment 49
CHAPTER 3 Too Much Complexity, Not Enough Simplicity 71
BUSINESS
CHAPTER 4 Too Much Counting, Not Enough Trust 97
CHAPTER 5 Too Much Business Conduct, Not Enough Professional Conduct 120
CHAPTER 6 Too Much Salesmanship, Not Enough Stewardship 141
CHAPTER 7 Too Much Management, Not Enough Leadership 159
LIFE
CHAPTER 8 Too Much Focus on Things, Not Enough Focus on Commitment 183
CHAPTER 9 Too Many Twenty-First- Century Values, Not Enough Eighteenth- Century Values 193
CHAPTER 10 Too Much “Success,” Not Enough Character 211
WRAPPING UP: WHAT’S ENOUGH?
What’s Enough For Me? For You? For America? 229
Afterword: A Personal Note about My Career 249
Acknowledgments 253
Notes 257
Index 269
