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Title: Fuqua: How I Made My Fortune Using Other People's Money by J. B. Fuqua, Tom Johnson, Don O'Briant ISBN: 1-56352-680-8 Publisher: Longstreet Press Pub. Date: March, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.44 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Gets you motivated ...
Comment: I was given a signed copy of this book that I promptly shelved for about a year. Such was fortunate, I believe, because when I finally picked it up, the timing could not have been better.
Reading J.B. Fuqua's memoirs may not give you a "how to" guide to making money, but it most definitely gives you an idea of why Fuqua succeeded: drive. You learn in this book that Fuqua never read books for pleasure though he constantly read books for knowledge. Though I don't subscribe to this particular ideology 100% (maybe more of a 50% knowledge, 50% pleasure mentality), it's easy to see the underlying one-mindedness that such an attitude requires. Fuqua had a goal of being financially successful. I believe he accomplished that goal because he could not busy himself with any other ideas and his thirst was never quenched for success - this easily comes through in his book.
Everything told, Fuqua's story is enchanting because it is the story of a poor Virgina boy becoming a "mover and shaker" who runs huge companies and befriends Presidents. Read it and feel the urge to find a similar passion that would drive you so far ...
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent biography of this man.
Comment: Yes, this is definitely a well written and informative biography of Mr. Fuqua. It is unfortunate though, that it has the word "how" in the title, as it does not tell you "how" he made his fortune, rather it tells you how HE made HIS fortune, (and that was by using other people's money). It is nevertheless a very good book, that has many smart ideas, as well as moves that he made in his life, which could be imitated, or expanded upon, by others, to fit their situation, and thereby they could possibly make their own fortune. (Case in point: living out in the sticks, nowhere near any library, he figured out a way to get knowledge about subjects otherwise closed to him -by borrowing books through the mail- and this was at a time when phones were almost a luxury!). It may not tell you just how to make a fortune, but it will probably give you a few ideas, or, pointers, to help you in that quest.
Rating: 5
Summary: In an age of deception and dishonesty, a man with integrity!
Comment: Considering the era in which we live, when it is better to make money than be honest, a truly principled man is a rare and valuable thing. J. B. Fuqua is just the kind of man we need in these trying times. He is one of the best examples we have today of a man who came from meager means to become one of America's top business minds. His philanthropic work alone merits attention, from establishing the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University to The Atlanta Botanical Garden. A book about a true American original!
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Title: Sharing the Wealth : My Story by Alex Spanos ISBN: 0895261588 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: 15 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Experience Economy by James H. Gilmore, B. Joseph Pine II ISBN: 0875848192 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Money Masters of Our Time by John Train ISBN: 0887309704 Publisher: HarperBusiness Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There by David Brooks ISBN: 0684853787 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 06 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Trump: How to Get Rich by Donald J. Trump, Meredith McIver ISBN: 1400063272 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 23 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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