How Much is Enough? Harness the Power of Your Money Story -- and Change Your Life

226 pp. "The successful consultant dubbed the "money shrink" by Money Magazine shares her strategies for conquering the last taboo: understanding and taking charge of our relationship to money. Whether we are CEOs of our own start-ups, senior executives with stock-option packages, or keepers of modest 401(k) accounts who watch the NASDAQ with terror, our relationship to money and work defines our daily lives. Yet, most of us don't really know what we want from work or how the time we devote to making money relates to the "rest" of our lives. How Much Is Enough? urges us to step back and ask how money and success point us toward a sense of accomplishment and a feeling of self-worth. In this path-breaking book, executive coach and consultant Dr. Pamela York Klainer shows us how to improve our often-troubled relationship to money. Supported by real-life anecdotes and time-tested insights, Klainer uses "money" as a window into the core values and behavior of successful people--and of those working hard to be successful. Based on her experience as a consultant to thousands of leaders in fast-growing companies, Klainer offers a practical framework for defining--and linking--money, the drive for success, and our longing for happiness. Millions of us--from the boardroom to the home office--are shaken by turbulent markets and feel unable to shake the pressure to do more, better, faster. Dr. Klainer gives us the tools we need to channel the power of money in creative ways, so that we can map out the road to a more meaningful and happy life."