In a daring new book, Spiritual Capitalism: What The FDNY Taught Wall Street About Money, high powered Wall Street executives Peter Ressler and Monika Mitchell Ressler claim that survival-of-the-fittest business practices are a thing of the past. As Co-Chief Executive Officers of a premier Wall Street headhunting firm, they make the surprising claim that the new practice of "Capitalism with a Conscience" is taking the business world by storm. From the depths of the cutthroat world of Wall Street high finance comes these refreshing words of wisdom. According to Cornell Graduate and twenty-four year Wall Street veteran Peter Ressler, "As the seemingly endless trail of financial scandals are reported on daily, people are realizing that everything we do in business is personal. Every product or service we sell and the way we go about that affects clients, customers and investors personally."

Does a combination of modern day prophets and Wall Street headhunters sound unlikely? Co-Founder and CEO of RMG Search, Inc., Monika Mitchell Ressler says that she and her husband partner were not always that way. "For years we were focused on one deal to the next. Our goal was always to serve our own interests, motivated by the bottom line. On September 11, 2001 we found ourselves in the middle of an enormous human and economic tragedy. In the following year our fortunes were further rocked by the string of financial debacles that unfolded in the world of business. As these events forced us to rebuild our business in the face of life and death issues, we began searching for deeper meaning in our working lives."

That soulful search resulted in Peter Ressler becoming a volunteer firefighter in his Long Island, New York community three months after the attack on our nation. The Resslers reveal their insights of business as seen through the eyes of a firefighter. The contrasts of the Wall Street motto, "Every man for himself," with the firefighter's credo of "In unity there is strength," inspired a dramatic personal journey. A powerful tale of heartache and inspiration that ultimately leads to Peter and Monika's personal transformation that changed their thinking of business. The Resslers emerge as leaders of a new spiritual revolution in business by documenting those changes with their seven spiritual lessons of business.

The lessons detailed in Spiritual Capitalism go far beyond the pursuit of profit. A top business coach for Wall Street's movers and shakers describes Spiritual Capitalism as, "The best book I have read on the principles of human life and how to live it, put into an incredible story. You just want to hug everyone in it." Readers are calling Spiritual Capitalism "life-changing," "a real page turner," "heaven sent," "timely and important," "a masterpiece."

Is it possible to maximize profits and find deep spiritual meaning in our work at the same time? Spiritual Capitalism: What the FDNY Taught Wall Street About Money offers answers to that question with bold new voices from the dog-eat-dog-world of Wall Street itself.

Pub. Date: May 1, 2005
128 pages, paperback
List Price: $16.95
Chilmark Books
ISBN 0-9761984-0-1
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