Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life by Lynne Twist, Teresa Barker (With)

From the Publisher

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.

About the Author:
: Lynne Twist is a veteran global activist and fund-raiser living in San Francisco.

Library Journal

An international activist and fund-raiser, Twist urges readers to discover a path to personal and financial freedom by confronting issues that each of us has regarding money. Using the vehicles of personal stories and practical advice, she explains how we can live fully and joyfully by learning to understand and embrace the flow of money through our lives. After examining their relationship with money, readers will often be able to transform and enrich all aspects of their lives. Twist developed her ideas after encountering the richest and poorest, the famous and the anonymous, while fund-raising in her charity work. Sample chapters include "Scarcity: The Great Lie," "The Power of Conservation," and "Creating a Legacy of Enough," and a list of organizations with addresses and URLs concludes the volume. Twist's New Age slant may put off readers accustomed to a less spiritual approach to personal finance, but others may find that she effectively addresses a basic ambivalence toward money that has been holding them back. Though this is an optional purchase for academic collections, most public libraries will want to add. [The Library of Congress catalogs this book under "money-psychological effects."-Ed.]-Susan C. Awe, Univ. of New Mexico Lib., Albuquerque Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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