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The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Lynne Twist
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
List Price: $25.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 52480
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 0393050971
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.4019
EAN: 9780393050974
ASIN: 0393050971
Publication Date: September 2003
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Product Description
A wise and inspiring exploration of the connection between money and leading a fulfilling life. This compelling and fundamentally liberating book shows us that examining our attitudes toward money—earning it, spending it, and giving it away—can offer surprising insight into our lives, our values, and the essence of prosperity. Lynne Twist is a global activist and fund-raiser who has raised more than $150 million in individual contributions for charitable causes. Through personal stories and practical advice, she demonstrates how we can replace feelings of scarcity, guilt, and burden with experiences of sufficiency, freedom, and purpose. She shares from her own life, a journey illuminated by remarkable encounters with the richest and poorest people on earth, from the famous (Mother Teresa and the Dalai Lama) to the anonymous but unforgettable heroes of everyday life.
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 If you're looking for money advice, this isn't it. August 15, 2008
If Twist had billed the book as an autobiography, it could have worked. This is not about money but about Lynne Twist's spiritual view of the world.
 Don't you wish. . . August 27, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
that money had less power over your life? Thsi book is a certain guide to breaking emotional and metal molds in one of life's touchiest areas. Lynne Twist's exploration of the spiritual side of money adn wealth is a heartening introduction to a way of thinking that can change the way the world does business. Her insights are that powerful.
Disappointment and a Waste of Time July 18, 2007
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
I will keep this very brief as I don't want to waste your time like the way I wasted mine by reading this book.
Key Points of the author:
- Align your transactions with your morals
- Scarcity is not real. Believe in sufficiency
- Focus on the qualitative aspects of life, like relationships
That is pretty much it. The book is a VERY touchy-feely book filled with her real life examples of volunteering with Third World countries and how deep down in peoples' souls is where fulfillment lies, not in materialistic goods. Some of the things she says and suggests borders on socialist doctrine.
If you are looking for a way to better understand yourself, happiness, and the role money plays, I suggest you look into the field of positive psychology. Money has diminishing marginal returns...in other words, the guy who earns $500,000 is not 10X happier than the guy who earns $50,000. With that said, remove yourself from the rat race, be content with the things around you, don't focus so much on tomorrow, and dedicate yourself (career/volunteer) to something you believe in. That simple equation is more valid and will transform your life more than this entire book.
 Life-Changing January 10, 2007
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Lynne Twist has written a very inspiring book that can totally tranform one's relationship with money and self.
Great: Move over Jerry Mander! Spirit values live January 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This wokderful lady adds the spirt to the money. She has accomplished much in the world, so this is not a "how to" book that is for the purpose of making money for the writer, but one whom I know lives the life and walks the talk.
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