Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks : : One CEO's Quest for Meaning and Authenticity / / August Turak.
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. As a frequent monastic guest, he learned firsthand from the monks as they grew an incred...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia Business School Publishing
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Economic Miracle of Mepkin Abbey
- 2. What We All Really Want
- 3. The End of Selfishness
- 4. Goat Rodeos and the Transformational Organization
- 5. Mission
- 6. Selflessness and Community
- 7. Excellence for the Sake of Excellence
- 8. Ethical Standards, or, Why Good Things Happen for Good People
- 9. Faith
- 10. The Power of Trust
- 11. Self-knowledge and Authenticity
- 12. Living the Life