BOOK REVIEWS
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"Just beautiful. As humble and subtle as the brothers but staggering in southern color and beauty and geometry and light. What a treasure."
- Mark Harrington, Newsday, Journalist/Reporter
Brother John: A Monk, a Pilgrim and the Purpose of Life
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"Sure to be a business classic. It is a compelling and important tutorial on how to build authentically sustainable companies. August Turak's stories and examples are magical, yet the philosophical ideas they're founded on resonate with truth. It is a must read for the thoughtful executive."
- Mark Booth, investor
Brother John: A Monk, a Pilgrim and the Purpose of Life
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"[This story]is a captivating story that calls each of us to reflect on our own lives. Turak does an incredible job of pulling you into life at the monastery. As with any life of great compassion, we fear that we are incapable of living such nobility, but Turak gives us a compelling reason to try. He asserts that if we allow ourselves to pursue the 'everyday noble' in the same way as Brother John, we will experience the miraculous, and a release of fear that our life is not big enough. I found myself filled with hope after reading Brother John, reminded that growth lays before us, on the other side of fear!"
Sarah Heath, author, What's Your Story? Seeing Your Life Through God's Eyes
Brother John: A Monk, a Pilgrim and the Purpose of Life
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"I absolutely love this book. The ideas fascinated me. The stories gripped me. Not Less Than Everything represents a vision of what life can be when it is lived in dedication to something higher. It spoke to me in a way that no other book ever has."
- Kenny Felder, author, Modern Physics
Not Less Than Everything: One Man's Quest for Spiritual Enlightenment
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"When it comes to spirituality and life, Turak is as authentic as it gets. Wonderful read!”
- Michael Keaton, actor
Not Less Than Everything: One Man’s Quest for Spiritual Enlightenment
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"I truly believe this book will improve not only your business but your life. Read it. Apply what you learn and then, in keeping with the very spirit of the book, pass it on to someone else."
- Michael Keaton, actor
Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks: One CEO's Quest for Meaning and Authenticity
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"This book is both quietly provocative and groundbreaking. With great simplicity, August Turak unlocks these monastic 'secrets' that go to the core of succeeding in an economic era in which authenticity and passion have become key. Who knew the monks had so many things right?"
- Tom Freston, financier
Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks: One CEO's Quest for Meaning and Authenticity
