No One Ever Told Us That: Money and Life Lessons for Young Adults

INDEX

Accounting, 66

Acronyms, 21, 22

Adler, Fred, 73, 74

Aggressiveness, 19, 20

Ancestry.com, 107

Animal House (Orwell), 159

Anxiety, 89, 90

Arm & Hammer, 81

Arrogance, 12, 15, 17, 18

Asian culture, 49

Attorneys

divorce, 141–143

relationships with, 159–162

Audits, 129

Banking careers, 32

Barrett, David, 105

Barrett, Judith, 105

Blackballing, 118, 119

Blackstone, 86

Boys and Girls Clubs, 131, 132

Branding one's self, 57–59

Brooks, Mel, 28

Buffett, Warren, 87

Bureaucracies, dealing with, 129, 130

Business plans

and entrepreneurship, 65

and financial projections, 29–31

Charitable giving, 131–133

Chief executive officers (CEOs)

attention of, gaining, 14

family businesses, 45, 46

fears and self-doubts of, 21

stock purchases by, 76

Children, raising, 136, 137. See also Family members

Citibank, 12, 94

Citizen Kane (film), 56, 105

Clark, Peter, 11

Clichés, avoiding use of, 30

Clients, communication with, 62. See also Telephone calls

College, liberal arts majors, 65, 66

Communication with clients, 62. See also Telephone calls

Confessions of a Stockbroker (Lanyi), 34

Consistency in treatment of children, 136, 137

Contrarian strategy, 83–86

Conventional wisdom, 48

Corbett, Jim (“Gentleman Jim”), 108

Corporate politics, 55

Country club memberships, 118, 119

Creativity in e-mail subject lines, 52, 53

Debt

company debt and stock research, 80, 81

personal, 80, 81

Differentiating one's self, 14, 24, 51, 57–59

Diversification, 75, 76

Dividends, 84, 85

Divorce

attorneys, 141–143

and childhood, ...