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9780470585528

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

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    9780470585528

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    0470585528

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2010-01-01
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

An inspirational collection of thought-provoking wisdom for all ages from Yale HirschYale Hirsch has been a practical investor his entire life, and has always offered his readers a wealth of intelligent information as founder of the Hirsch Organization. Over forty years ago, Yale Hirsch created the Stock Trader's Almanac. The Capitalist Spirit is an extension of the methods he used in creating the Almanac, and here, readers will find the same breadth and depth of information, along with a healthy dose of inspiration.Filled with the resonating words of some of the most well-known speakers and thought leaders in the world, this book offers invaluable advice on money, power, success, potential, leadership, individuality, and the forces that drive our successes, the markets, and in turn, our lives, all while asking us to think globally. Today's world is full of volatility but Yale's collection has one simple message: hold on and have faith in yourself, your aptitude, your business, and the markets. Presents the inspiring compilations and musings of investment legend Yale Hirsch Asks readers of all ages to take stock of their potential and succeed in a truly global world while heeding the advice of an array of wise thinkers and leaders that have come before them Contains a database of intelligent and thought-provoking quotes from numerous thinkers, writers, and entrepreneursThoughtful and engaging, Yale Hirsch's The Capitalist Spirit is a powerful look at the individual and their impact on the world's enterprises and markets, and the opportunities inside all of us waiting to be unleashed.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
What a Difference a Century Makes
Potential
Capitalism Transformed the Twentieth Century
Be Thankful It's Not 1910
The "Good Old Days" of Horses and Wagons
Engineering + Capitalism Powered the Twentieth Century
Would You Believe Males Were Sexists in 1943?
How "Ka-ching" (The Cash Register) Continues to Change Society
Your Future in a Rapidly Changing World
Productivity
Big Bang of Info in Constant State of Expansion
Free-Market Capitalism Drives Globalization
Futurologists Technology Timeline
The Post-American World
The World Is Flat
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
The Road to Success
Knowledge
Investor's Business Daily's 10 Secrets to Success
How to Get Where You Want to Go
The Entrepreneurial Mind
The Entrepreneurial Spirit
Women: The Hidden Engine of World Growth
Who AM I? (Anonymous)
Wisdom for Future Leaders
Persistence
Fire Them Up: 7 Secrets of Inspiring Leaders
Good Fences Make Us Rich
The Next President's First Task
Uplifting Commencement Addresses
Inspiration
Alan Alda at Connecticut College, 1980
Famous Graduation Quotes and Advice
Tia Duer at the Abbingdon Friends School, 2008
Tony Blair at Yale University, Class Day 2008
Ray Kurzweil at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2005
Failure Is Not Fatal, It Happens to the Best
Success
Out of the Mouths of "Experts"
Famous Failures
Genius = 1% Inspiration and 99% Perspiration
Experts Are Never Wrong! Oh Yeah?
Firstborns vs. Laterborns
Relax! You Are about to Be Motivated
Unlimited Capacities
Alexis de Tocqueville, Seer Extraordinaire
An Ode to America
Beauty Is in the Soul
Children Learn What They Live
Footprints on the Sands of Time
I Cannot Exist without You
Six Lessons for Life
The People Who Make a Difference! (Anonymous)
No Limit to How High You Can Climb
Contrariness
Achieving Personal Excellence
Awaken the Giant Within!
Ayn Rand's Anthem
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
It's Not What You Do, It's How You Do It that Determines Your Success
Must Thinking
Make Each and Every Moment of Your Life a Moment to Remember (Anonymous)
There's No Limit to How High You Can Climb
You Are the Creator of Your Life
Strategies for Climbing the Ladder of Success
Exercise
10 Creative Myths
10 Steps for Boosting Creativity
16 Rules Bob Parsons Tries to Live By
18 Important Thoughts to Consider
Top 10 Reasons to Keep a Journal
Top 10 Secrets of Getting Rich!
Top 10 Steps to Set and Achieve Your Goals
Top 10 Things to Think about if You Want to Change the World
Two Ideas to Guide You on Your Life Journey
What I Wished I Learned in School
Teachers Can Make a Huge Difference
Teacher's Credo
Unity (Anonymous)
What Do Teachers Make?
Quotes about Teachers
Great Movies about Great Teachers
Stand up to Bullying and Change the World
We Must Cure the World's Addiction to Oil and Coal!
Solar Energy
End Our Oil Addiction NOW!
Quotes about Free Energy
A Hydrogen Economy in Our Future?
Set America Free! A Blueprint for U.S. Energy Security
Future Energy Possibilities
Ted Turner's Eleven Voluntary Initiatives
What Jules Verne Said in 1874
You Can Do It! Yes You Can!
Wh At Does It Take To Be An Entrepreneur? (Entrepreneur magazine)
Who Am I to Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, and Talented?
Invictus
The Optimist Creed
The Man Who Thinks He Can
What Will Matter
Goals Are Achieved Only with Action (ThinkTQ.com)
The "Real" Seven Wonders of the World (Anonymous)
Can't
The Path of Least Resistance
Triumph over Troubles
A Good Sense of Humor Is Priceless
Graduation
A Doctor's Sense of Humor Never Hurts
Puns to Put a Smile On Your Face
Nice to Be Amusing, to Tell a Joke or Two
Information to Put Things into Perspective
Money
Annual Average Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Broadband Subscribers per 100 Inhabitants, 2001-2007
Casualties in Principal U.S. Wars
Countries Ranked by Population, 2008
Forbes Counts 793 Billionaires in 2009
Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women, 2009 (Top 35)
Freedom House Country Rankings, 2008 (1.0 to 7.0)
Freedom House Country Rankings (since 1973)
Global Gender Gap Index, 2008 Rankings
How Can Anyone Have so Many Ancestors?
Useful Web Sites
Billionaires Ranked by Country, 2008
Millionaire Households: Top 15 Countries, 2008
Millionaires Ranked by Numbers per 10,000
The Beauty of Math!
U.S. Census since 1790 by Decades
Wonders of the Human Body
Gross Domestic Product by Country (Ranked)
World Population and Fact Sheet
A Treasury of Motivational Quotes
Listen to Churchill
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