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Beschreibung
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.

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.

Über den Autor
JOHN C. BOGLE created Vanguard in 1974 and served as chairman and chief until 1996 and senior chairman until 2000. In 1999, Fortune magazine named Mr. Bogle as one of the four "Investment Giants" of the twentieth century; in 2004, TIME magazine named him one of the world's 100 most powerful and influential people. Bogle is the author of eight books, most recently Common Sense on Mutual Funds, 10th Anniversary Edition.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Wirtschaftsratgeber
Genre: Importe, Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Foreword by William Jefferson Clinton.Prologue by Tom Peters.Author's Note: A Crisis of Ethic Proportions.Introduction.MONEY.Chapter 1 Too Much Cost
Not Enough Value.Chapter 2 Too Much Speculation
Not Enough Investment.Chapter 3 Too Much Complexity
No
ISBN-13: 9780470524237
ISBN-10: 0470524235
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bogle, John C.
Zusammengestellt: Peters, Tom
Auflage: Revised Edition
Hersteller: John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 174 x 117 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: John C. Bogle
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.06.2010
Gewicht: 0,246 kg
Artikel-ID: 101334959

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