No Finish Line : : Lessons on Life and Career / / Meyer Feldberg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Feldberg, Meyer,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 12 b&w photographs

Meyer Feldberg is a storyteller. The source of his stories is his rich and unique life, which took him from South Africa under apartheid to a C-Suite in present-day New York, from the hallowed halls of academia to the frenzy of global investment banking. As with all storytellers, there is a purpose embedded in each of his stories that is specific in its details but universal in its message.No Finish Line is Meyer Feldberg as his friends and colleagues know him. It is the professor dispensing sage advice. It is the mentor telling a tale about himself that is really about you. In his telling, Feldberg’s story—his successes and his failures—is a lesson plan for how to lead a worthy personal and professional life.This concise volume reminds the reader of the importance of courage and decency in our relationships. Feldberg shows how values such as self-awareness, personal responsibility, and generosity play out in ways that in retrospect become pivotal. He relates his regrets as well as his triumphs, candidly sharing how our failures to live up to our own expectations can continue to haunt us. Written by a leading fixture of New York’s educational, cultural, and business elite, No Finish Line is an engaging portrait of what matters most in living a good and successful life.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- LESSON 1. PACE YOURSELF -- LESSON 2. BE SELF- AWARE -- LESSON 3. TAKE RISKS TO FIND THE RIGHT FIT -- LESSON 4. LIFE IS FRAGILE -- LESSON 5. ADMIT YOUR MISTAKES -- LESSON 6. CONFRONT INJUSTICE -- LESSON 7. ADDRESS DIFFICULTIES IN THE MOMENT -- LESSON 8. BE GENEROUS -- LESSON 9. PLACE MATTERS -- LESSON 10. ENGAGE WITH ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENCIES BUT KNOW WHO COMES FIRST -- LESSON 11. LEAD FROM THE FRONT -- LESSON 12. WIELD POWER RESPONSIBLY -- LESSON 13. MAKE AN EXTRA EFFORT FOR TOP TALENT -- LESSON 14. BE MENTORED AND BE A MENTOR -- LESSON 15. TEND TO YOUR FRIENDSHIPS -- LESSON 16. ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN YOUR COMMUNITY -- LESSON 17. STAY ACTIVE -- LESSON 18. CONCLUSION -- EPILOGUE