The Art of Wealth: Strategies for Success

Author: Kautalya, Thomas F. Cleary
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ISBN: 1558745416
Publisher: Health Communications (March, 1998)
Sales Rank: 160,032
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 out of 5

Customer Reviews

Rating: 1 out of 5
I'm not impressed...
This book is basically a bunch of old Sanskrit sayings (much like the things in Chinese fortune cookies) after each saying there is a small paragraph further clarifying the point. Basically I feel this book is worthless for anyone who has common sense.

Reed Floren

Rating: 5 out of 5
One of the best books ever, no joke!
This is not really about "Wealth". Cleary is the best translator ever first of all, very easy to understand. This book is about other wealth, not material wealth. It has many very good stratagies in it, and Cleary provides very good interpretation. This is better than the "The Book of Leadership and Wisdom". A classic, by a non-well known Hindu Philosopher.

Rating: 4 out of 5
Strategies For Success
It is an interesting book with lots of good advice. Cleary's commentaries however make much better sense in the total context of his work. He cross-references other works he has translated to paint a larger picture of what the successful person uses in way of operative principles. If you are interested in the vision of a global culture in which centered people are operating at a high peak of efficiency informed by certain universal core values, then this is certainly a valuable book. However, I would recommend reading other of Cleary's works beforehand. "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu seems to be where most people start.

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