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Title: Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money by Rabbi Daniel Lapin ISBN: 0-471-21868-5 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 13 September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.74 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: OUTSTANDING!
Comment: I have read many of the popular "airport books" that promise to provide the secrets to success in business. They are like candy tidbits compared to the insights and depth of meaning provided by Rabbi Lapin in his "Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money." And how could it be otherwise? He is conveying information and insights drawn from the wisdom found in the Holy Scriptures and the Talmud, the encyclopedia of advice for living. The Talmud, described by Will Durant as "...the most complex and astonishing stories in the history of the human mind..." includes, naturally, true wisdom related to business activities - the economic interaction between men (and women) - seeking success not just in business but success in living.
Rabbi Lapin succeeds in both areas. He does not preach from a lofty pulpit, he acknowledges his personal business mistakes and with hindsight clearly sees their cause(s). The reader will benefit as much from those insights as from the other insights of wisdom, for business and for living, found throughout this wonderful book. I am highly confident serious readers of all religious faiths will learn much from Rabbi Lapin's teachings.
Rating: 5
Summary: Both Entertaining and Useful
Comment: Thou Shall Prosper by Rabbi Daniel Lapin is an excellent book that covers three general subject areas: self-help, personal finance and career development. Basically, the author gives advice in a series of commandments on "making money" where he sprinkles in Jewish wisdom. There is a great deal of useful advice that would have proved especially timely for many professionals in 2001. It does not offer a great deal of assistance dealing with short term cash generation. Rather, the author aims to give readers life-long direction with the goal of building wealth.
The underlying theme of this book is that wealth creation is fundamentally virtuous because it creates wealth and prosperity for your neighbors. Moreover, he stresses the value of money and why it is such an important element of society. His suggestions range from the subtle such as how to carry yourself to more profound concepts such as never aiming to retire.
The book is filled with interesting stories intended to reinforce his ideas. These include a 70 year old forklift driver who earns a six figure income through extensive overtime only to give the money away to charity. Another is a sales representative relative who likes to drive around to far-flung locations in his Rolls Royce.
While very entertaining, the book has its shortcomings. Rabbi Lapin glosses over how large segments of the economy do in fact operate with minimal honesty. Oddly, he even suggests not being entirely honest as it is not socially acceptable.
Like Evangelical Christian preachers, he draws some pretty far-fetched conclusions about the meaning of specific bible versus. The passages he selects support the virtuousness of earning a living. Any intelligent person can read several different meanings in the selections, so I would have to suggest that this approach won't convince many readers of his arguments. This isn't to mean the general ideas aren't strong, just the supporting passages. He also makes some highly questionable scientific claims. For example, he argues that watching movies instead of reading books is detrimental to your creativity because reading allows one to creatively develop images instead of having a director create them for you.
Despite its flaws, I personally found the book very, very interesting. If you like books such How to Win Friends and Influence People and Daniel Goleman's Primal Leadership, you will probably enjoy Thou Shall Prosper a great deal.
Rating: 5
Summary: Daniel Lapin - map maker
Comment: This is much more than a "self-improvement" book. It is a stand-alone Daniel Lapin "guide to the perplexed." It is a beautiful fusion of goals, skill sets and disciplines that, if perceived and applied diligently, can lead not only to "riches," but to the full realization of a well-rounded life that in itself is rich, and therefore may be the path to economic well being and even wealth. It is a wakeup call to would-be capitalists to this country's God-given economic system that should not only be embraced enthusiastically but proudly. It is an antidote to socialistic bromides and guilt trips. It is a road map to the delicious fruits of ethical capitalism.
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Title: Buried Treasure : Hidden Wisdom from the Hebrew Language by Rabbi Daniel Lapin ISBN: 1576737225 Publisher: Multnomah Publishers Inc. Pub. Date: 30 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: America's Real War by Rabbi Daniel Lapin ISBN: 1576736555 Publisher: Multnomah Publishers Inc. Pub. Date: 30 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: The Jewish Phenomenon : Seven Keys to the Enduring Wealth of a People by Steven Silbiger ISBN: 1563525666 Publisher: Longstreet Press Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Happiness Is a Serious Problem : A Human Nature Repair Manual by Dennis Prager ISBN: 0060987359 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: By Design: Science and the Search for God by Larry Witham ISBN: 1893554643 Publisher: Encounter Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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