Business secrets of the Trappist monks, one CEO's quest for meaning and authenticity, August Turak
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Business secrets of the Trappist monks, one CEO's quest for meaning and authenticity, August Turak
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eng
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contains biographical information
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non fiction
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Business secrets of the Trappist monks
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922013507
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August Turak
Sub title
one CEO's quest for meaning and authenticity
Summary
"August Turak is a successful entrepreneur, corporate executive, and award-winning author who attributes much of his success to living and working alongside the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey for seventeen years. Service and selflessness are at the heart of the 1,500-year-old monastic tradition's remarkable business success, an ancient though immensely relevant economic model that preserves what is positive and productive about capitalism while transcending its ethical limitations and internal contradictions. Combining vivid case studies from his thirty-year business career with intimate portraits of the monks at work, Turak shows ... how Trappist principles can be successfully applied to a variety of secular business settings and to our personal lives as well."--P. [4] of cover
Table Of Contents
The economic miracle of Mepkin Abbey -- What we all really want -- The end of selfishness -- Goat rodeos and the transformational organization -- Mission -- Selflessness and community -- Excellence for the sake of excellence -- Ethical standards, or, Why good things happen for good people -- Faith -- The power of trust -- Self-knowledge and authenticity -- Living the life
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