Taking Stock: A Soul's Journey Through Life, Death and the World of Investment

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Summary: A breathtaking, true spiritual and personal drama
Review: "Taking Stock" is the remarkable story of one man's struggle to support his father through a terminal illness, all the while wrestling with his own issues of personal and professional identity. It is a story of great love and respect, and it is a story of courage - the courage to face pain, fear, and impending loss and move through them to a place of wisdom.

The author, Michael Norwood, a chiropractor practicing in Atlanta, tells of his shock, frustration, and helplessness when his father refuses all treatment for cancer. He works hard to let go of his own agenda for healing in order to give his father the space to shape his own end-of-life experience.

One of the intriguing aspects of this book is the way lessons about the stock market are interwoven into the story. Once Norwood's father found himself faced with a life-threatening illness, he became intensely focused on the future security of his family. With considerable urgency, he began teaching his son his formula for successful investing. Norwood, whose interests lay in the creative and healing arts, did not take to these lessons easily. The end result is a testament to the love he had for his father and a monument to a man's desire to leave a final, meaningful gift to his family.

"Taking Stock" is beautifully written, wonderfully compelling, and intensely personal. For inspiration and for education, this book is a must read!

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Summary: A breathtaking, true spiritual and personal drama
Review: Michael Norwood- author, healer, and loving son - has written a deeply moving and ultimately highly uplifting true personal saga. The author drew me in with great force with the very first page and his story captivated me for weeks and even months after I read the last sentence. This book is overflowing with priceless spiritual and humanitarian insights and I look forward to reading it again and again.

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Summary: Surprising Storehouse of Wealth
Review: My wife and I both read this book and loved it! We knew it was about the author helping to walk his father to death's door and we were drawn to that. We both have lost our fathers and I spent much time with my mother in her last months on Earth, helping with her transition. Jill and I were both surprised that this book is filled with insights about material as well as spiritual wealth.

Michael describes a journey of healing, for himself as well as for his father and mother. As with my own father, we often don't appreciate our loved ones until they're gone. Michael had the love and wisdom to get to know his father much bettter in those last days.

One of the things Michael never wanted to learn about was his father's passion for investing in the stock market. His father had finally developed an investment strategy that worked, and Michael agreed to let his father teach him the system. They both gained much through the process.

Michael reveals his father's system in the book, while also offering much advice to anyone who is losing or has lost a loved one. The story is deeply moving and is a surprising storehouse of wealth--both spiitual and material. My wife and I highly recommend this book.

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Summary: Surprising Storehouse of Wealth
Review: My wife and I both read this book and loved it! We knew it was about the author helping to walk his father to death's door and we were drawn to that. We both have lost our fathers and I spent much time with my mother in her last months on Earth, helping with her transition. Jill and I were both surprised that this book is filled with insights about material as well as spiritual wealth.

Michael describes a journey of healing, for himself as well as for his father and mother. As with my own father, we often don't appreciate our loved ones until they're gone. Michael had the love and wisdom to get to know his father much bettter in those last days.

One of the things Michael never wanted to learn about was his father's passion for investing in the stock market. His father had finally developed an investment strategy that worked, and Michael agreed to let his father teach him the system. They both gained much through the process.

Michael reveals his father's system in the book, while also offering much advice to anyone who is losing or has lost a loved one. The story is deeply moving and is a surprising storehouse of wealth--both spiitual and material. My wife and I highly recommend this book.

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Summary: Interesting and Inspirational
Review: Taking Stock tells the author's personal story of the tragic death of his sister from cancer at a young age to his father straight foward lessons about how the Market works while he too is faced with terminal cancer. Dr. Norwood does a wonderful job of taking the reader on a journey that offers poetic insight regarding loss and healing with practical and interesting information about the Stock Market. Seemingly, an unlikely combination, Dr. Norwood tells his story with insight, compassion, and humor.