On Value and Values

by Douglas Smith

"On Value and Values by Doug Smith is a radiant, intelligent, wonderfully readable book. It is part adventure story in the spirit of RobertPirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, part guidebook for American leaders like In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman. This impressive book will challenge everyone who reads it and give them a blueprint for changing their lives.

Virtually every part of American life has become a marketplace, with the pursuit of prosperity driving out an appreciation of principle. Smith explains how our understanding about the relationship between these elementary concepts has been turned inside out. As a compelling alternative, he shows howthe pursuit of personal values we hold dear allows us to increase all kinds of value in our lives."

--Lincoln Caplan, Editor and President, Legal Affairs magazine

Paperback

First published March 8, 2004