The Chinese Secrets for Success
Autor Yukong Zhaoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 apr 2013
Today, Americans are faced with unprecedented challenges, including global competition, decline in education quality, skyrocketing government debt, the looming insolvency of Social Security and Medicare, and high oil prices. To prevail in this tough environment, many Americans are seeking solutions to better manage their lives and raise their children. Wisdom from other successful cultures may be just what families need to broaden their worldview and provide fresh ideas to meet these challenges.
The Chinese Secrets for Success: Five Inspiring Confucian Values offers fresh ideas and practical guidance based on five Confucianism values as they relate to career aspiration, education, money management, family, and friendship. These are the untold secrets behind the rise of China and the success of Asian Americans—“the highest-income, best-educated, and fastest-growing racial group in the US,” according to the Pew Research Center.
Based on his bicultural living experience and deep understanding of Confucianism, YuKong Zhao connects ancient Chinese wisdom to today’s real-life challenges and shares an “inside view” on how Chinese Americans apply these values to their lives and make themselves successful. He provides many examples of what Confucianism-influenced Chinese families do differently when it comes to parenting, money management, family management, and friendship in their pursuit of a high-quality education, good career, and prosperous life. Using an insightful cross-cultural perspective, he advocates a balanced approach that combines the strengths of Confucian values and American culture. He challenges many prevailing pop-culture values that weaken the good traditions that once made America great in the twentieth century, and offers sensible solutions that are refreshing, distinctive, and effective.
The Chinese Secrets for Success: Five Inspiring Confucian Values offers fresh ideas and practical guidance based on five Confucianism values as they relate to career aspiration, education, money management, family, and friendship. These are the untold secrets behind the rise of China and the success of Asian Americans—“the highest-income, best-educated, and fastest-growing racial group in the US,” according to the Pew Research Center.
Based on his bicultural living experience and deep understanding of Confucianism, YuKong Zhao connects ancient Chinese wisdom to today’s real-life challenges and shares an “inside view” on how Chinese Americans apply these values to their lives and make themselves successful. He provides many examples of what Confucianism-influenced Chinese families do differently when it comes to parenting, money management, family management, and friendship in their pursuit of a high-quality education, good career, and prosperous life. Using an insightful cross-cultural perspective, he advocates a balanced approach that combines the strengths of Confucian values and American culture. He challenges many prevailing pop-culture values that weaken the good traditions that once made America great in the twentieth century, and offers sensible solutions that are refreshing, distinctive, and effective.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781614485353
ISBN-10: 1614485356
Pagini: 258
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN-10: 1614485356
Pagini: 258
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Morgan James Publishing
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Cuprins
Introduction
Part I. Why Does America Need Confucian Values?
Chapter 1. Challenging Times Are Ahead
Chapter 2. The Benefits of Confucian Influence
Chapter 3. Confucianism and Inspiring Confucian Values
Part II. The Five Inspiring Confucian Values
Chapter 4. First Value: Li-zhi “Determination for an Outstanding Life”—Confucian Value for Defining a Grand Destiny
Chapter 5. Second Value: Qin-xue “Pursuing an Excellent Education”—Confucian Value for Achieving a Successful Life in a Most Reliable Way
Chapter 6. Third Value: Jie-jian “Saving for a Better life”—Confucian Value for Managing Your Money Conservatively and Wisely
Chapter 7. Fourth Value: Gu-jia “Caring for Your Family” —Confucian Value for Creating a Harmonized, Happy, and Progressive Family
Chapter 8. Fifth Value: Ze-you “Developing Desirable Friendships”—Confucian Value for Developing Friendships That Benefit Your Life
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Part I. Why Does America Need Confucian Values?
Chapter 1. Challenging Times Are Ahead
Chapter 2. The Benefits of Confucian Influence
Chapter 3. Confucianism and Inspiring Confucian Values
Part II. The Five Inspiring Confucian Values
Chapter 4. First Value: Li-zhi “Determination for an Outstanding Life”—Confucian Value for Defining a Grand Destiny
Chapter 5. Second Value: Qin-xue “Pursuing an Excellent Education”—Confucian Value for Achieving a Successful Life in a Most Reliable Way
Chapter 6. Third Value: Jie-jian “Saving for a Better life”—Confucian Value for Managing Your Money Conservatively and Wisely
Chapter 7. Fourth Value: Gu-jia “Caring for Your Family” —Confucian Value for Creating a Harmonized, Happy, and Progressive Family
Chapter 8. Fifth Value: Ze-you “Developing Desirable Friendships”—Confucian Value for Developing Friendships That Benefit Your Life
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Notă biografică
YuKong Zhao is a nationally recognized Chinese American community leader, the president of Asian American Coalition for Education. He grew up in a Confucianism-influenced family in China and emigrated to the US in 1992. He is an expert in China strategies and has published an industrial strategy book in China. His professional and personal activities have provided him with great insight into the successful elements of Chinese and American cultural values. He has published many columns in Orlando Sentinel and Forbes, sharing Confucian wisdom in education, personal finance, family management and crime prevention. He lives with his wife in Orlando, Florida.
Extras
"Today, the essence of modern Western civilization is still vibrant. It includes the free market system, the democratic political system, and the rule of law. Nevertheless, as we embark on the 21st century we are faced with huge challenges: increasing global competition, declining U.S. educational competitiveness, skyrocketing national and personal debt, unsustainable Social Security and Medicare systems, and looming high oil prices. Under these conditions, an open-minded person may ask: Are there any other cultural values we can learn to help us sustain our prosperity and improve our lives and those of our younger generation?
The answer is yes. Although the US still maintains its global competitive edge, other nations are progressing at a faster pace, rapidly closing the gap. We can learn from the cultural values of such nations. As an immigration country, the US has attracted immigrants from various cultures. Some ethnic groups are faring significantly better than average. We can also learn something from these ethnic groups. It is this kind of open-minded attitude that has made the United States a world leader. It will also take this kind of open-minded attitude for us to sustain our prosperity and improve our lives!"
The answer is yes. Although the US still maintains its global competitive edge, other nations are progressing at a faster pace, rapidly closing the gap. We can learn from the cultural values of such nations. As an immigration country, the US has attracted immigrants from various cultures. Some ethnic groups are faring significantly better than average. We can also learn something from these ethnic groups. It is this kind of open-minded attitude that has made the United States a world leader. It will also take this kind of open-minded attitude for us to sustain our prosperity and improve our lives!"
Descriere
Today, many American families are facing the economic fallout of global competition, a decline in education quality, the potential reduction of Social Security and Medicare benefits, and high oil prices. The answer to these problems can be found in five inspiring Confucian values regarding career aspiration, education, money management, family, and friendship—the untold secrets behind the rise of China and the success of Asian Americans, whom the Pew Research Center calls the highest-income and best-educated racial group in the US. Based on his bicultural living experience and deep understanding of Confucianism, YuKong Zhao connects ancient Chinese wisdom to today’s real-life challenges and shares an “inside view” of how Chinese Americans apply these values to their lives and make themselves successful in their careers and as parents. Using an insightful cross-cultural perspective, he advocates a balanced approach that combines the strengths of Confucian values and American culture. He challenges many prevailing pop-culture values and offers sensible solutions that are refreshing, distinctive, and effective.