Part one A Rich Mind

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v Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii Part one A Rich Mind 1 Are You Suffering From Affluenza? 3 Why Money Won 9t Get You to cLevel Three d 7 The Great Mystery 10 The Decent Drapery of Life 14 The Difference Between Getting Rich and Being Rich 17 The Key to Perfect Freedom 21 The Secret of Inspirational Leadership 24 Are You One of the 4 Percent? 27 Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life 30 The Value of Being Utterly, Gloriously Wrong 34 Advice From a 2000-Year-Old Slave 37 CONTENTS ftoc.indd v 5/2/09 3:17:51 PM COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL vi CONTENTS The Hardest Victory 41 In Praise of Difficult Pleasures 44 The True Gentleman 49 Beyond Self-Actualization 52 The Last Lesson of Culture 57 Wealth That Can 9t Be Tallied 60 Stumbling on Happiness 63 The True Meaning of Success 66 Part TWO What Matters Most 69 What 9s on Your Bucket List?

73 How to Calculate Your Real Wealth 77 The Most Valuable Thing You Own 80 The Biggest Question 83 Dreams with Deadlines 87 The Most Beautiful Place on Earth? 90 How to Avoid cThe Mañana Syndrome d 93 Gentlemen, Stop Your Engines! 96 Enjoy Every Sandwich 99 ... more. less.

ftoc.indd vi 5/2/09 3:17:52 PM Contents vii The Best Spiritual Advice 102 Can a Mozart Violin Sonata Change Your Life? 105 How to Transform Your Life 108 Six Steps to a More Relaxed Life 111 One of the Best Secrets of Life 114 This View of Life 117 Why I Hope Steve Jobs Is Wrong 121 A Resolution Worth Keeping 123 A Thorn with Every Rose 126 The Best Way Out 130 Part THREE Attitudes and Gratitude 133 What Matters Most 135 The Last Human Freedom 138 Why You Should Think Before You cBlink d 141 The Most Stupid of Vices 145 The Psychology of Optimal Experience 148 The Courage of Randy Pausch 151 Are You Ready for the 21-Day Challenge? 153 ftoc.indd vii 5/2/09 3:17:52 PM viii CONTENTS No Such Thing as a Bad Day 157 The Antidote for Greed 161 The Greatest Virtue . . . and the First 165 Who 9s Your City? 169 The Healing of Karen Armstrong 173 The Cheapest Medicine . . . and the Best 176 The Science of Giving 179 Are You Keeping the Embers Alive? 182 Part FOUR The Search for Meaning 185 Discovering the Laws of Life 189 The Sage of Monticello 193 The Wolf in Monk 9s Robes 197 From Grand Truths to Grand Caverns 199 The Great Disconnect 202 The Atheist and the Apologist 205 Guideposts on the Footpath to Peace 210 Two Great Thinkers on cThe Good Life d 213 The Formula for Re-Enchantment 217 ftoc.indd viii 5/2/09 3:17:52 PM Contents ix In Praise of Lifelong Learning 220 The Mysterium Tremendum . . . and You 223 My Kind of Martyr 227 Finding Meaning in an Age of Doubt 230 Renewing a Forgotten Virtue 234 The Secret of Shelter Island 238 Afterword 241 Bibliography 243 About the Author 249 Index 251 ftoc.indd ix 5/2/09 3:17:52 PM ftoc.indd x 5/2/09 3:17:53 PM

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