Templeton Plan: 21 Steps to Personal Success and Real Happiness [Mass Market Paperback]

John Marks Templeton (Author), James Ellison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1992

Forbes has called John Marks Templeton "one of the handful of true investment greats in a field of crowded mediocrity and bloated reputations." Templeton believes that his financial accomplishments are directly related to his strong convictions. Now he shares the secrets of his phenomenal success in 21 principles that provide readers with solid guidelines for prosperity and happiness.

He maintains that the common denominator connecting successful people with successful enterprises is a devotion to ethical and spiritual principles. He emphasizes the "laws of life" - truthfulness, perseverance, thrift, enthusiasm, humility and altruism - that can help everyone discover and develop their individual abilities. The practical steps he presents can improve anyone's personal and professional life.

They include: finding the positive in every negative, investing yourself in your work, giving the extra ounce, controlling your thoughts for effective action, winning through humility, and discovering new frontiers. Taken as a whole, these steps will help readers make lasting friendships and reap significant financial rewards.

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About the Author

John Marks Templeton, regarded by Wall Street as one of the world's wisest investors, is the founder of the Templeton mutual fund group, which now manages more than $6 billion owned by more than 500,000 public investors. He started his investment career on a borrowed $10,000 and thus is a living embarrassment to the efficient market theory; which holds that you cannot start from nothing and end up with a large fortune in a single lifetime."

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: Templeton Foundation Pr (August 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061041785
• ISBN-13: 978-0061041785
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A clear description of the virtuos life., January 4, 1999

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[e-mail] (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Templeton Plan: 21 Steps to Personal Success and Real Happiness (Mass Market Paperback)

This book provides the reader with a clear description of the personal characteristics, attitudes, and behaviors that lead to a fulfilled life. Both of the authors relate these time proven principals with actual examples from Mr. Templeton's own experience in life. Area's covered include: Learning, Giving, Working, Happiness, Attitude, Investing in Life, Understanding, Loving, Humility, and other areas that lead to happiness in one's life. On a personal note, i am 28 yrs. old and am very grateful to have had the opportunity to have been exposed to this type of wisdom. This book makes a great gift, especially to those souls still searching for meaning, joy, and peace in their life on earth.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent text for career exploration class, February 21, 1999

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[e-mail] (Nebraska, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Templeton Plan (Hardcover)

I first read this book about 5 years ago, drawn to it because of the appreciation of the investment prowess of the Author. I have long been a shareholder of the Templeton Funds. When I agreed to teach a class of 8th graders a "Career Exploration" class I knew this would be a 1st rate text. The class read the book over a period of weeks as we reviewed the book each class period. Each of them was then required to write a review. Each student gleaned different messages from the book. All spoke highly of it. It is my belief that it will continue to speak to them as they shape their careers and their lives. Personally, I can think of no better gift for a young adult, or for a foreward thinking adolescent, than this book

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Guidebook for Life, October 4, 2005

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Terry Smith "http://terrysmith.net -- http:/... (Little Rock, AR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Templeton Plan: 21 Steps to Personal Success and Real Happiness (Mass Market Paperback)

The Templeton Plan is a guidebook for living life. Templeton lays down 21 laws on how to be successful in your personal life and in your occupation. Interwoven with the Templeton Plan is an autobiographical story of how Templeton started from modest means growing up in Tennesse into a multi-billion dollar investor and money manager. It's an incredible and inpiring story. Not every day or in just any book can you get great, proven advice from a billionaire, but this text is a classic treatise on being successful from someone who not only knows as much about the subject as anyone but also has taken the time to formulate it into a teachable package. It is wisdom in the truest form. This book is cheap and more than worth every cent. It's also one that I will read again in the future which is the highest mark that I can give any book.