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Goodbye Gordon Gekko: How to Find Your Fortune Without Losing Your Soul Audiobook
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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 thee unanticipated circumstances will make all the difference. According 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 ling 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. With 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. What 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 company 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.
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"Excellent, motivational, inspiring!Everyone should read this book! After watching Wall Street if you haven't seen yet so you can get a better understanding of who Gordon Gekko is. "
— Erica (5 out of 5 stars)
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“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.”
— Oliver Stone, Three time Academy Award Winner; Director, Wall Street and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps -
“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.”
— Josh Brolin, Academy Award Nominee; Actor, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps; Active Trader -
“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.”
— David Faber, Anchor, CNBC
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" Interesting take on the world of Wall St in the 21st century and how we can all learn from the mistakes (and successes) of those who work in the world of high finance. Some valuable lessons on how to maintain a genuine sense of self while still achieving business success. "
— Jonathan, 9/14/2013 -
" Easy read. A little repetitive however the lessons were clear. "
— Jon, 11/29/2011 -
" A great book by Anthony. Wanders a little near the end, about how the world should be. Enjoyed it. "
— Luigib, 3/31/2011 -
" A great book by Anthony. Wanders a little near the end, about how the world should be. Enjoyed it.<br/> "
— Luigib, 12/27/2010 -
" Easy read. A little repetitive however the lessons were clear. "
— Jon, 9/4/2010
About Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and Managing Partner of SkyBridge Capital, a New York–based alternative investment management company. 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 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
About Walter Dixon
Walter Dixon is a broadcast media veteran of more than twenty years’ experience with a background in theater and performing arts and voice work for commercials. After a career in public radio, he is now a full-time narrator with more than fifty audiobooks recorded in genres ranging from religion and politics to children’s stories.