The Capitalist Spirit How Each and Every One of Us Can Make A Giant Difference in Our Fast-Changing World

by Hirsch, Yale; O'Neil, William J.

• ISBN13: 9780470407370
• ISBN10: 0470407379
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-30
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Today's world is a volatile one. This book is a collection of inspiring quotes, writings, and data from thought-leaders from around the world sprinkled with Yale Hirsch's thoughts on the individual's potential to make a difference in a fast-changing world.

Author Biography

Yale Hirsch is the founder of the Hirsch Organization and creator of the Stock Trader's Almanac. The Hirsch Organization first published the Stock Trader's Almanac in 1967, fulfilling Yale Hirsch's vision of providing strategic information to investors. Published continuously for over forty years, the Almanac has become one of the most respected and widely referenced investment resources. The Hirsch Organization has also published several newsletters over the years and currently publishes the Almanac Investor newsletter. Yale Hirsch, the founder, and his son, Jeffrey Hirsch, are frequently quoted in the press from Barron's to BusinessWeek and the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal, and regularly appear on CNBC, Fox, Bloomberg, and CNN. If you would like to receive three of Yale's favorite 8 1/2 x 11 inch inspirational posters, just send an email to: [e-mail]. It's FREE to all readers of this book. Think of the three posters as a thank- you for making an effort to change the world!

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
What a Difference a Century Makes	p. 1
Potential	p. 3
Capitalism Transformed the Twentieth Century	p. 4
Be Thankful It's Not 1910	p. 6
The "Good Old Days" of Horses and Wagons	p. 7
Engineering + Capitalism Powered the Twentieth Century	p. 9
"Would You Believe Males Were Sexists in 1943?	p. 11
How "Ka-ching" (The Cash Register) Continues to Change Society	p. 13
Your Future in a Rapidly Changing World	p. 17
Productivity	p. 19
Big Bang of Info in Constant State of Expansion	p. 20
Free-Market Capitalism Drives Globalization	p. 22
Futurologists Technology Timeline	p. 24
The Post-American World	p. 26
The World Is Flat	p. 30
The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need-And What We Can Do About It	p. 32
The Road to Success	p. 37
Knowledge	p. 39
Investor's Business Daily's 10 Secrets to Success	p. 40
How to Get Where You Want to Go	p. 41
The Entrepreneurial Mind	p. 43
The Entrepreneurial Spirit	p. 44
Women: The Hidden Engine of World Growth	p. 45
Who AM I?	p. 47
Wisdom for Future Leaders	p. 49
Prtsistence	p. 51
Fire Them Up: 7 Secrets of Inspiring Leaders	p. 52
Good Fences Make Us Rich	p. 54
The Next President's First Task	p. 56
Uplifting Commencement Addresses	p. 59
Inspiration	p. 61
Alan Alda at Connecticut College, 1980	p. 62
Famous Graduation Quotes and Advice	p. 63
Tia Duer at the Abbingdon Friends School, 2008	p. 65
Tony Blair at Yale University, Class Day 2008	p. 68
Ray Kurzweil at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2005	p. 69
Failure Is Not Fatal, It Happens to the Best	p. 73
Success	p. 75
Out of the Mouths of "Experts"	p. 76
Famous Failures	p. 78
Genius = 1% Inspiration and 99% Perspiration	p. 80
Experts Are Never Wrong! Oh Yeah?	p. 81
Firstborns vs. Laterborns	p. 88
Relax! You Are about to Be Motivated	p. 91
Unlimited Capacities	p. 93
Alexis de Tocqueville, Seer Extraordinaire	p. 94
An Ode to America	p. 96
Beauty Is in the Soul	p. 98
Children Learn What They Live	p. 99
Footprints on the Sands of Time	p. 100
I Cannot Exist without You	p. 101
Six Lessons for Life	p. 102
The People Who Make a Difference!	p. 103
No Limit to How High You Can Climb	p. 105
Contrariness	p. 107
Achieving Personal Excellence	p. 108
Awaken the Giant Within!	p. 109
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day	p. 113
It's Not What You Do, It's How You Do It that Determines Your Success	p. 115
Must Thinking	p. 117
Make Each and Every Moment of Your Life a Moment to Remember	p. 118
There's No Limit to How High You Can Climb	p. 120
You Are the Creator of Your Life	p. 122
Strategies for Climbing the Ladder of Success	p. 125
Exercise	p. 127
10 Creative Myths	p. 128
10 Steps for Boosting Creativity	p. 131
16 Rules Bob Parsons Tries to Live By	p. 133
18 Important Thoughts to Consider	p. 135
Top 10 Reasons to Keep a Journal	p. 137
Top 10 Secrets of Getting Rich!	p. 139
Top 10 Steps to Set and Achieve Your Goals	p. 141
Top 10 Things to Think about if You Want to Change the World	p. 144
Two Ideas to Guide You on Your Life Journey	p. 146
What I Wished I Learned in School	p. 151
Teachers Can Make a Huge Difference	p. 155
Teacher's Credo	p. 157
Unity	p. 158
What Do Teachers Make?	p. 159
Quotes about Teachers	p. 160
Great Movies about Great Teachers	p. 161
Stand up to Bullying and Change the World	p. 163
We Must Cure the World's Addiction to Oil and Coal!	p. 167
Solar Energy	p. 169
End Our Oil Addiction Now!	p. 170
Quotes about Free Energy	p. 171
A Hydrogen Economy in Our Future?	p. 172
Set America Free! A Blueprint for U.S. Energy Security	p. 174
Future Energy Possibilities	p. 181
Ted Turner's Eleven Voluntary Initiatives	p. 182
What Jules Verne Said in 1874	p. 183
You Can Do It! Yes You Can!	p. 185
What Does It Take To Be An Enterpreneur?	p. 187
Who Am I to Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, and Talented?	p. 188
Invictus	p. 189
The Optimist Creed	p. 190
The Man Who Thinks He Can	p. 191
What Will Matter	p. 192
Goals Are Achieved Only with Action	p. 194
The "Real" Seven Wonders of the World	p. 195
Can't	p. 196
The Path of Least Resistance	p. 198
Triumph over Troubles	p. 199
A Good Sense of Humor Is Priceless	p. 201
Graduation	p. 203
A Doctor's Sense of Humor Never Hurts	p. 204
Puns to Put a Smile On Your Face	p. 205
Nice to Be Amusing, to Tell a joke or Two	p. 206
Information to Put Things into Perspective	p. 209
Money	p. 211
Annual Average Consumer Price Index (CPI)	p. 212
Broadband Subscribers per 100 Inhabitants, 2001-2007	p. 214
Casualties in Principal U.S. Wars	p. 216
Countries Ranked by Population, 2008	p. 218
Forbes Counts 793 Billionaires in 2009	p. 222
Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women, 2009 (Top 35)	p. 224
Freedom House Country Rankings, 2008 (1.0 to 7.0)	p. 226
Freedom House Country Rankings (since 1973)	p. 228
Global Gender Gap Index, 2008 Rankings	p. 230
How Can Anyone Have so Many Ancestors?	p. 232
Useful Web Sites	p. 233
Billionaires Ranked by Country, 2008	p. 234
Millionaire Households: Top 15 Countries, 2008	p. 236
Millionaires Ranked by Numbers per 10,000	p. 237
The Beauty of Math!	p. 238
U.S. Census since 1790 by Decades	p. 239
Wonders of the Human Body	p. 240
Gross Domestic Product by Country (Ranked)	p. 242
World Population and Fact Sheet	p. 248
A Treasury of Motivational Quotes	p. 249
Listen To Churchill	p. 251
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