Wojtek
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> NEW YORK, NY – A new book by Anthony Scaramucci, the founder of SkyBridge
> Capital a leading global alternative investment firm with $5.6 billion in
> assets under management, "It is up to us to approach life with the right
> attitude and positively react, not letting changes diminish our spirit or
> initiative, or damage our personal reputation," Scaramucci writes in his new
> book Goodbye Gordon Gekko: How to find your fortune without losing your
> soul, from John Wiley and Sons, May 31, 2010. "If we keep our values intact
> we will be fine regardless of what happens."
>
> In Goodbye Gordon Gekko, http://www.GoodbyeGordonGekko.com, Scaramucci
> explores opportunities for leading a rich life in a difficult, radically
> changed economy. 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.
>
> According to Scaramucci, it is time to start a new dialogue in the business
> world focused on:
>
> • Ridding oneself of egotistical tendencies, developing self-awareness;
> • Developing the self-awareness to bounce back from failure;
> • Succeed by building a circle of competence around trusted people;
> • Mentoring and celebrating others;
> • Giving back to the community and country all the while targeting success;
> • Seeing capitalism as an art and businesses as creations and
> vocations and not simply as levers to feeding one's ego.
>
> "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
>
> "With extraordinary honesty, grace, clarity, humor, insight, and emotional
> intelligence, Anthony Scaramucci here masterfully delivers timeless and
> priceless wisdom and wit that will ennoble and energize parents and
> children, teachers and students, coaches and athletes, bosses and workers,
> not to mention all three branches of government." —DAVID M. DARST, CFA,
> Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist,Morgan Stanley Smith
> Barney
>
> Doug Would you be interested in a copy of Goodbye Gordon Gekko to review
> and an interview with Anthony Scaramucci for Behind the News- Doug Henwood ?
>
> Please advise.
> Best,
>
> Imal Wagner
>
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