Experiencing the American Dream: How to Invest Your Time, Energy, and Money to Create an Extraordinary Life (Hardcover)

Author Note xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Foreword by Rob Lowe xix

Preface: Whispers of the American Dream xxi

Introduction: The Way Ahead xliii

Chapter One A Whole New Way to See the World 1

Part One Establish What’s Most Important to You 25

Chapter Two Defining the American Dream 29

Chapter Three Transforming Your Relationship with Money 51

Chapter Four Create Your True Purpose 71

Part Two Discover What Stands Between You and Your American Dream 91

Chapter Five The Investing Industry Is Broken 97

Chapter Six Understanding Yourself 123

Chapter Seven What You Think You Know Might Not Be So 139

Chapter Eight The Five Discoveries 155

Part Three Making Your American Dream a Reality 183

Chapter Nine Establish Your Future View 187

Chapter Ten Empirically Tested Academic Investing Principles 201

Chapter Eleven Diversifying with Modern Portfolio Theory 227

Chapter Twelve Where You Are, Where You Want to Be, and How to Get There 251

Conclusion: It Won’t Get Any Easier 295

Epilogue 299

Appendix I: My Vision Statement 303

Appendix II: Disclosures 307

Appendix III: Index Descriptions 317

Index 331