When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box
by John Ortberg
Life as Monopoly: you can win it all and it goes back in the box, so play for what lasts. Ortberg on ambition, money, success and legacy, with his usual humour.
Read it if…
you are winning and sense it does not satisfy.
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Skip it if…
you want a serious treatment of mortality; this is light.
Try instead: Nearing Home →
Three things you will actually use
- It all goes back in the box.
- Play for what lasts.
- Be rich toward God.
Do this first
Read the chapter on 'the richest man in the cemetery'.
Our verdict
Back in the box.
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