For the Love of Money: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (922 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01ES7BRO8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 526 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
At just 30 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. 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. 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. When he was offered an annual bonus of $3.75 million, he grew angry because it was not enough. For Polk, becoming a Wall Street trader had been the fulfillment of his dreams. As Michael Lewis did in Liar's Poker, Polk brings listeners into the rarefied world of Wall Street trading floors, capturing the modern frustrations of young graduates drawn to Wall Street. His obsessive pursuit of money papered over years of insecurity and emotional abuse. In that moment he knew he had lost himself in his obsessive pursuit of money. Making money was just the latest attempt to fill the void left by his narcissistic and emotionally unavailable father. Raw, vivid, and immensely listenable, For the Love of Money explores the birth of a young hedge fund trader, his disillusionment, and the radica
Not What You Think It Is This book to me was a bait and switch. Like some other reviewers I thought this would be more about an insight into the lust for money on Wall Street. Book is about Sam Polk's demons and how he was raised, abused, was abusive and transofrmed from victim to champion of the sociological cause.Chapters are short and is a quick read but chapter 32 is where the book really starts to get into the Wall Street type of stuff.. Dolly said Sam Polk's For the Love of Money is an impressive moral education of equal. Sam Polk's For the Love of Money is an impressive moral education of equal calibre as Jonathan Franzen's Freedom. It is foremost a retelling of the age-old story—magical ascent, single-minded pursuit of wealth and fame,soul-searching, guilt and redemption. He lifts every scar unflinchingly,and his clinical scalpel inadvertently points to diseases latent in most mortals—an unquestioning quest for more money,power,sex,tying self-worth with achievement. The absence of unconditional love from his parents, coupled with unhealthy relationship with his twin b. Simply amazing. Buy this book. It will change your perspective. I finished this book today, and felt compelled to immediately write a review, which is new for me. The raw honesty within these pages is noticeable from the get-go, and whether you like it or not, you will find yourself relating to Sam on one level or another. I have read the articles he's written, as well as their reviews; I've also watched his TED talks and media appearances, where the responses to his values are varied, and while I thought I understood the trajectory he traveled on, it is clear after reading this book that I really had no idea. To have such har