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What are you going to do with your lucky lottery ticket? That’s a question every MBA faces. A lot of time and money has been invested in you. Once you graduate, you’re supposed to cash in that ticket for as much money and status as you can. Your parents and peers expect it, and with thousands of dollars of student loans, you may feel that there’s really no other choice. You can’t risk “wasting” that expensive education. It’s the safe thing to do. Isn’t it? Not necessarily. In fact, when you measure success by more than money, what you think is your safest choice may actually be the riskiest. The “safe” choice can lead to enormous psychological and spiritual pain, costing you a chance to live your life. As Ralph Waldo Emerson observed, “Sometimes money costs too much.” Mark Albion doesn’t pretend to have all the answers, but his unique perspective can help you find yours. He guides you through a framework of four crucial questions and twelve principles to consider when making career decisions. Using tales of experience to caution and uplift, Albion helps you construct your personal, strategic “destiny plan.” An inspirational yet practical career guide, More Than Money encourages aspiring MBAs, current students, and graduates to give themselves permission to be who they really want to be and to find their path of service and fulfillment. As Albion says, in the end “we won’t remember you for the size of your wallet as much as for the size of your heart.” Mark Albion is a social entrepreneur and author. He spent eighteen years as a student and professor at Harvard University and Harvard Business School and was profiled on 60 Minutes as one of the top young business professors in the United States. He has served as a board member and consultant to major retailers and consumer product giants such as Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble and has written three award- winning marketing books. He left Harvard to develop a community of service-minded MBAs and cofounded Net Impact in 1993. He has since spoken at more than 125 business schools on five continents, for which Business Week called him “the savior of b-school souls.” Introduction: Soul for Sale My First Life: Harvard My Second Life: Net Impact Redefining the Purpose of Business; Re-discovering the Purpose of Business Education The Four Questions and Ten Teachings Question One: Who Are You? (Your value-how you are valued/valuable) Inspires you to open your heart and find your passion. Ask yourself: How can I contribute to society with my special gifts? Lifeline #1: Don’t Get Really Good at What You Don’t Want to Do Lifeline #2: Listen to that Little Voice Question Two: What Do You Want? (What you value–your values) Requires you to develop your wisdom to clarify your values and purpose. Ask yourself: What’s really important to me and to those I love? Lifeline #3: Know How You Measure Success Lifeline #4: Money Doesn’t Talk; It Swears Lifeline #5: Don’t Treasure Your Trash and Trash Your Treasures Question Three: What Can You Do? (How you create value-personal, marketplace value) Instructs you to use your head to create market value. Ask yourself: What’s possible and how do I make that happen? Lifeline #6: Turn Your Values into Value Lifeline #7: Keep Your Walking Costs Low Lifeline #8: Don’t Live a Deferred Life Plan Question Four: Where Are You Going? (How you create long-term value-societal) Challenges you to find the courage to build a life you will be proud of. Ask yourself: What is permanent, of lasting value to myself and those I love? Lifeline #9: Surround Yourself with a Community of Love Lifeline #10: Plant Trees Under Whose Share You’ll Never Sit Conclusion: Uncle Joe, Papa Nat and Mr. McCullen
