Audiobook8 hours
Beyond Wealth: The Road Map to a Rich Life
Written by Alexander Green
Narrated by Walter Dixon
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
What does it mean to be truly wealthy?
As a longtime financial writer and nationally acclaimed investment advisor, Alexander Green understands the importance of money. But in this insightful and inspiring new audiobook, he looks beyond traditional measures of wealth to explore how a rich life is one of significance, not just financial success.
As Green observes, money creates wealth, but so do character, conscience, attitude, and wisdom. Only by incorporating each of these elements into your day-to-day existence can you experience what the ancients called "the good life."
A generous, wide-ranging inquiry into what matters most, Beyond Wealth is a road map to a rich life, to what the author calls "True Wealth."
The book contains more than sixty-five commentaries on topics ranging from love, health, leisure, honor, courage, trust, philosophy, history, science, and spirituality. And the author's perspective on each subject is broadened and deepened by liberal quotations from Shakespeare, Thoreau, Emerson, Gandhi, Einstein, Tolstoy, and other great minds.
Beyond Wealth is full of practical wisdom. Yet it is also a book of contemplations, promoting both greater understanding and deep reflection. Each piece can be read alone and is characterized by brevity, wit, and a liveliness of mind that recalls the best of Montaigne and Swift.
Combining personal anecdotes with provocative insights and timeless truths, Beyond Wealth is a fascinating exploration of the unique intersection between money, personal fulfillment, and successful living.
As a longtime financial writer and nationally acclaimed investment advisor, Alexander Green understands the importance of money. But in this insightful and inspiring new audiobook, he looks beyond traditional measures of wealth to explore how a rich life is one of significance, not just financial success.
As Green observes, money creates wealth, but so do character, conscience, attitude, and wisdom. Only by incorporating each of these elements into your day-to-day existence can you experience what the ancients called "the good life."
A generous, wide-ranging inquiry into what matters most, Beyond Wealth is a road map to a rich life, to what the author calls "True Wealth."
The book contains more than sixty-five commentaries on topics ranging from love, health, leisure, honor, courage, trust, philosophy, history, science, and spirituality. And the author's perspective on each subject is broadened and deepened by liberal quotations from Shakespeare, Thoreau, Emerson, Gandhi, Einstein, Tolstoy, and other great minds.
Beyond Wealth is full of practical wisdom. Yet it is also a book of contemplations, promoting both greater understanding and deep reflection. Each piece can be read alone and is characterized by brevity, wit, and a liveliness of mind that recalls the best of Montaigne and Swift.
Combining personal anecdotes with provocative insights and timeless truths, Beyond Wealth is a fascinating exploration of the unique intersection between money, personal fulfillment, and successful living.
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Reviews for Beyond Wealth
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An interesting, readable series of short essays on issues of spirituality, religion, science, philosophy, and living a worthwhile life. I found the essays to be fairly engaging and at times thought-provoking, even profound. They're so short that you can't get bored, and it's easy to breeze through the book in a couple of hours. On the other hand, the author's tone struck me as a bit facile, even superficial at times. Yes, he confronts deep and complex philosophical issues, but in a way that seems to play it safe, avoiding the thornier points and always aiming for a "let's all just get along and be happy" resolution to any conflicts. It's easy to spot contradictions between the beliefs he espouses in different essays, as well, as he attempts to glean words of wisdom from a wide spectrum of world thinkers spanning the centuries. On the other hand, I don't regret reading it. I just wish I had the chance to engage the author in a face-to-face conversation; I'd love to go deeper into some of the issues he merely takes a cursory glance at. Bonus: there's a great bibliography, with many books I will add to my Amazon wish list.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5These essays really make you stop and think about what's important in life. Accumulating things and making lots of money aren't at the top of the author's list. Instead he writes about enjoying nature, poetry, jazz, people, learning more about science to make informed decisions. The list goes on. I have many notes about things I want to do or learn more about.