Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks

One CEO’s Quest for Meaning and Authenticity

De: August Turak

Narrado por: August Turak

In addition to his work as an entrepreneur, corporate executive, and consultant, for the last 16 years August Turak worked alongside the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey, watching firsthand as they undertook new enterprises and sustained an incredibly successful business practice.

Service and selflessness are at the heart of this 1,500-year-old monastic tradition’s remarkable business success, an ancient though immensely relevant economic model that preserves what is positive and productive about capitalism while transcending its ethical limitations and internal contradictions. Combining the lessons he's learned from 30 years of business experience with intimate portraits of the monks at work, Turak shows how Trappist principles have been successfully applied in a variety of business settings. He demonstrates how the monks and such agnostics as Warren Buffett are wildly successful not despite their fanatical commitment to the highest principles but because of them. Turak also points to other transformational organizations that share critical components of the abbey’s philosophy conducive to success.

©2013 August Turak (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

This is a must listen!

I recommend this book highly! Can't wait to listen again. Much food for thought! I have read it three times and listened once, but not the last!!!
So glad the author was the reader. Very well done!

Such a great story

Loved every minute of this book. I hope to put the advice into practice. I also bought Brother John.

Great insights from a compelling story

The author, Augie, doesn't have the smoothest voice, but he obviously cares about his material. And it is great material. He presents the listener with well thought out case for his main thesis, that Monks have learned how to succeed in business and their 1500 year process can work for everyone. His points were good enough, and the story compelling enough, I will likely listen to it again.

relevant

A solid affirmation of my own personal journey and struggles with life.
Very revealing. Really enjoyed the narration.Many thanks!

The hero's journey

A real journey! The most memorable moments are the values learnt during his time with the monks.