For The Love Of Money: A Memoir
- Autor: Sam Polk
- Narrador: Sam Polk
- Editora: Simon & Schuster
- Duração: 8:21:59
Sinopse
“Part coming-of-age story, part recovery memoir, and part exposé of a rotten, money-drenched Wall Street culture” (Salon), Sam Polk’s unflinching account chronicles his fight to overcome the ghosts of his past—and the radical new way he now defines success.
At just thirty years old, Sam Polk was a senior trader for one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, on the verge of making it to the very top. When he was offered an annual bonus of $3.75 million, he grew angry because it was not enough. It was then he knew he had lost himself in his obsessive pursuit of money. And he had come to loathe the culture—the shallowness, the sexism, the crude machismo—and Wall Street’s use of wealth as the sole measure of a person’s worth. He decided to walk away from it all.
For Polk, becoming a Wall Street trader was the fulfillment of his dreams. But in reality it was just the culmination of a life of addictive and self-destructive behaviors, from overeating, to bulimia, to alcohol and drug abuse. His obsessive pursuit of money papered over years of insecurity and emotional abuse. Making money was just the latest attempt to fill the void left by his narcissistic and emotionally unavailable father.
“Vivid, picaresque...riveting” (NewYorker.com), For the Love of Money brings you into the rarefied world of Wall Street trading floors, capturing the modern frustrations of young graduates drawn to Wall Street. Polk’s “raw, honest and intimate take on one man’s journey in and out of the business…really gives readers something to think about” (CNBC.com). It is “compellingly written...unflinchingly honest...about the inner journey Polk undertakes to redefine success” (Forbes).
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For the Love of Money 021 Chapter 19
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For the Love of Money 022 Chapter 20
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For the Love of Money 023 Chapter 21
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For the Love of Money 024 Chapter 22
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For the Love of Money 025 Chapter 23
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For the Love of Money 026 Chapter 24
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For the Love of Money 027 Chapter 25
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For the Love of Money 028 Chapter 26
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For the Love of Money 029 Chapter 27
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For the Love of Money 030 Chapter 28
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For the Love of Money 031 Chapter 29
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For the Love of Money 032 Chapter 30
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For the Love of Money 033 Chapter 31
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For the Love of Money 034 Chapter 32
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For the Love of Money 035 Chapter 33
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For the Love of Money 036 Chapter 34
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For the Love of Money 037 Chapter 35
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For the Love of Money 038 Chapter 36
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For the Love of Money 039 Epilogue
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For the Love of Money 040 Acknowledgments
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