rising stocks|Taking Stock: A Spiritual Manual to Rising Above Life’s Economic Ups and Downs
This volume aims to support men and women come to grips with adjustments in their economic circumstances, and to live a happy and “rich” life regardless of material wealth.
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June 17th, 2011 - 19:22
At least the crash left me enough money to buy this book …,
I have to admit it — I was one of those crazy people who clicked the “refresh” button every ten seconds to see how my stocks were doing. And they were doing great! And then, before I knew what had hit me, it was all . . . gone.
I had a really difficult time dealing with it. But I got over it. And nothing, *nothing*, helped me to do that, to get on with my life, more than this one book.
Blech writes with humor, with poignancy, and with insight. He’s been there, and he takes us with him as he describes his own journey from despair back to having financial and spiritual perspective.
Buy this book. You’ll be glad you did.
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|June 17th, 2011 - 19:59
A Must Read: Offers a great perspective with a humorous bent,
A Must-read! I’m 32 and watched stocks of mine like Lucent go to ZERO. (So much for my savvy investing and early retirement plans.) But Taking Stock helped to give me a prespective and feel better about things. It was, in parts,very empathetic (I have to say that I felt better knowing that other people lost as much as I did…) but it was also upbeat, reflective, and really funny at times. One of the most important things is that the book encouraged me to move forward, figure out what matters, and put my energy into that…I think that it is an important read that will help put things into a healthy perspective.
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|June 17th, 2011 - 20:46
LIVING LIFE WITH GUSTO AND JOY,
TAKING STOCK is one of the most enjoyable, helpful and hopeful books I have ever read! It is the true reality book. Benjamin Blech, through personal experience, wit and incredible wisdom helps us face ourselves, our desires, our weaknesses, our strengths AND brings us to the point where we not only see reality but we appreciate it and build from there with joy and alacrity and inspiration. While dealing with financial adversity, this book is truly universal in appeal. We all have our demons, our sadnesses, our struggles. He gives us the tools and perspectives we immediately recognize, like a meeting with close friends, which enable us to face deep adversity and come through it more whole, happy and ready to embrace life fully. There is also a section of stories which I found paticularly poignant. The book reads very quickly. I liked this book so much, found it so beneficial and enjoyable to read, that I am going to buy additional copies and send them to family and friends.
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