CHAPTER 2
Lessons in Character: Sun-Tzu, Aristotle, Machiavelli
Updating Aristotle’s Components of Wealth
Throughout this book, I cite research to support the recommendations I make for defining and establishing your own personal Gyroscope. Some of this material comes from contemporary sources, but for many of the overarching concepts and themes, I draw from the ancient world. When financial services professionals first enter treatment, we start with a review of some key themes, including virtue, character, greed, obsession, and other classical, time-proven modes and standards of behavior. For these exploratory exercises, we start from the beginning, with the ancient philosophers, beginning with Aristotle.
A Better Use for Money
Aristotle (384–322 ...
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