{"product_id":"goodbye-gordon-gekko-isbn-9780470619544","title":"Goodbye Gordon Gekko","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to live a more productive life by putting a profitable lifestyle ahead of profits\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith his standout Wall Street line \"Greed is good,\" Gordon Gekko became pop culture icon for unrestrained greed. But, while greed might be great for one person–especially when that person is fictional–it's not so great for good people living in the real world. In \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Gordon Gekko: How to Find Your Fortune and Not Lose Your Soul,\u003c\/i\u003e Anthony Scaramucci describes how a better understanding of people, capital, and culture can be used to enrich one's life, financially as well as spiritually. With smart and engaging prose, the book:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses how the best manifestations of ambition, entrepreneurship and mentoring can lead to a life that not only fulfills financial obligations, but also leaves a lasting legacy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes ways in which Americans and American companies can act to avoid the kind of crisis that crippled the country's economy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetails how to build a core set of values to discover wealth on one's own terms\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eGiven the turmoil in financial markets over the past few years, many people are reevaluating what it means to be \"rich.\" \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Gordon Gekko\u003c\/i\u003e shows how it’s possible to be well-off without all the trappings of wealth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Ambition 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEgo versus the Egomaniac\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Success and Failure 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaching for Excellence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Vocation and Meaning 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLet It All Hang Out\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Capital 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReal Wealth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Knowledge 103\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLessons from Unlikely Places\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 The Way of the Mentor 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking for a Hero\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Teamwork 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere’s No “I” in Team\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 The People You Meet on the Street 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou Take the Good, You Take the Bad\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 How to Find Your Fortune without Losing Your Soul 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book makes a lively read...we are prudently advised to undertake an 'annual ambition check-up'.\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial World,\u003c\/i\u003e September 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...an interesting read whether you are inside or outside of the banking arena.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Market,\u003c\/i\u003e October 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Scaramucci\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and Managing Partner of SkyBridge Capital, a New York-based alternative investment management company, focused on partnering with emerging managers and seeding and mentoring Wall Street's next generation of entrepreneurs. In the past five years, SkyBridge has seeded emerging hedge fund managers and built a fund of funds business with $4.4 billion in total assets. From 1989 to 1996, Scaramucci was at Goldman Sachs, where he became a vice president in the private wealth management area in 1993. Scaramucci is a member of the Board of Overseers for the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University, and a board member of the Lymphoma Foundation, the Brain Tumor Foundation, and the NYC Financial Services Advisory Committee. He was also a technical adviser to Oliver Stone for the movie \u003ci\u003eWall Street: Money Never Sleeps\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  We never really know how it's going to turn out. One day a community organizer, the next day President. One day CEO of Lehman Brothers, the next day the piñata for greed and ambition run amok. Life is full of decisions, choices, and unexpected twists and turns; how you pick yourself up and react to these unanticipated circumstances will make all the difference. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003eAccording to author Anthony Scaramucci, it is time to say goodbye to Gordon Gekko, the rogue character famously portrayed by Michael Douglas in the classic movie Wall Street. In Goodbye Gordon Gekko, Scaramucci explores opportunities for leading a rich life in a difficult, radically changed economy. Believing that the financial crisis was caused by a nation of Gekko-wannabes tripped up by status anxiety and egocentric tendencies, he argues that you can be happy and financially profitable as long as you stay true to yourself and stick to your values and principles. Scaramucci offers hope, urging you to pass through the happily-ever-after portal so that you can find your fortune and all that is fortunate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith years of experience at Goldman Sachs, and having co-founded two successful alternative investment management companies, the author provides a behind-the-scenes view of life on Wall Street—the wins and the losses, the rights and the wrongs, the successes and the failures, the good mentors and the difficult colleagues. Through these entertaining and insightful stories, featuring advice from a diverse cast of characters ranging from Li Ka-shing to John Weinberg to his Italian nana, Scaramucci identifies the temptations and roadblocks that accompany our professional ambitions and personal choices, revealing the rules for leading a profitable and fortunate life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat does this mean in practical terms? As Scaramucci shows, it means ridding yourself of egotistical tendencies and developing the self-awareness to bounce back from failure. It means building a circle of competence made of those you trust, mentoring and celebrating others, and giving back to your community and country, all the while targeting success. It means seeing capitalism as an art and businesses as creations and vocations, not simply as levers to feeding your ego. Goodbye Gordon Gekko provides a road map to help people achieve true wealth defined beyond a checking account.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGOODBYE GORDON GEKKO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A fun, easy read, with sage advice. Scaramucci is a player, looking under the rocks of corruption in our financial capital, and he survives as an honest soul.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eOLIVER STONE, Three time Academy Award Winner; Director, \u003ci\u003eWall Street and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Scaramucci's book is a truly insightful read. It introduces us to a moral compass on Wall Street—finding riches by direction of a true north as opposed to insidious Gekko-style greed.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJOSH BROLIN, Academy Award Nominee; Actor, \u003ci\u003eWall Street: Money Never Sleeps\u003c\/i\u003e; Active Trader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"With extraordinary honesty, grace, clarity, humor, insight, and emotional intelligence, Anthony Scaramucci here masterfully delivers timeless and priceless wisdom and wit that will ennoble and energize parents and children, teachers and students, coaches and athletes, bosses and workers, not to mention all three branches of government.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDAVID M. DARST, CFA, Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"There is only one Anthony Scaramucci and only the Mooch could have been so entertaining, insightful, and honest while sharing his life with us. Thank you, Anthony, and continue to make a difference.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBOBBY VALENTINE, Former Major League Baseball Manager, New York Mets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Anthony Scaramucci is a unique combination of great entrepreneur and savvy Wall Streeter. His perspective on all things business is invaluable and here for all to read.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDAVID FABER, Anchor, CNBC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989304099045,"sku":"NP9780470619544","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470619544.jpg?v=1761783591","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/goodbye-gordon-gekko-isbn-9780470619544","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}