This compelling and fundamentally liberating book shows us that examining our attitudes toward money--earning it, spending it, and giving it away--can offer surprising insight into our lives, our values, and the essence of prosperity. Through personal stories and practical advice, global activist Lynne Twist demonstrates how we can replace feelings of scarcity, guilt, and burden with experiences of sufficiency, freedom, and purpose. Twist takes an honest and critical look at the extraordinary power that money wields over our lives and its profound and often destructive influence on our self-image and relationships. In a consumer society that glorifies the pitch, the sale, and the insatiable appetite for more as a measure of self-worth, ? asks us to step back, to examine our relationship with money, to assess our connection with core human values, and to change this relationship and, in so doing, to transform our lives.

"This is the best book I have ever read about values, money and abundance. It makes you look at . . . these things from a new perspective." Lynne Franks

Lynne's wisdom is the precise healing message about money needed in this time. --Vicki Robin, author of Your Money or Your Life

Everyone will get value out of Lynne's message. --Rachel Naomi Remens, author of Kitchen Table Wisdom

" " Jane Goodall, PhD, CBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace

" " Deepak Chopra

"Eloquently and passionately written.... I recommend it highly." Dean Ornish, MD, Preventive Medicine Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco

" " Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love and Healing the Soul of America

" " James Garrison, president, State of the World Forum

"An inspired and utterly fascinating book. It will change the way you think about money.... It is a book for everyone who would like to make the world a better place." Jane Goodall, PhD, CBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace

"The right book at the right time. To anyone who wants to transform their lives and the world, I give this book my highest recommendation." Deepak Chopra

"Lynne Twist has a remarkable ability to cast spiritual light on the subject of money. This book is a rare gift." Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love and Healing the Soul of America

"Lynne Twist puts the magic back in money by understanding that it is a form of energy with which we can perform miracles." James Garrison, president, State of the World Forum

This unique and fundamentally liberating book shows us that examining our attitudes toward money--earning it, spending it, and giving it away--can offer surprising insight into our lives, our values, and the essence of prosperity.

Lynne Twist, a global activist and fundraiser, has raised more than $150 million for charitable causes. Through personal stories and practical advice, she demonstrates how we can replace feelings of scarcity, guilt, and burden with experiences of sufficiency, freedom, and purpose. In this Nautilus Award-winning book, Twist shares from her own life, a journey illuminated by remarkable encounters with the richest and poorest, from the famous (Mother Teresa and the Dalai Lama) to the anonymous but unforgettable heroes of everyday life.

"An inspired, utterly fascinating book....A book for everyone who would like to make the world a better place."--Jane Goodall

A wise and inspiring exploration of the connection between money and leading a fulfilling life.

Lynne Twist is a veteran global activist and fund-raiser living in San Francisco.Teresa Barker is a journalist, consulting editor, and author. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon.