PRAISE FOR SOUL CURRENCY
There are prosperity teachers who talk abundance and millionaires who walk abundance. Ernest Chu is a millionaire prosperity teacher who walks his talk. In Soul Currency, hell show you how you can do that, too.
Cary Bayer, author of The Prosperity Aerobics
Soul Currency is a delightful and important book for anyone who wants to create both inner and outer prosperity. Ernest Chu shares from the heart and uplifts the reader with his guidance and wisdom.
Barbara De Angelis, PhD,
author of the #1 New York Times bestseller How Did I Get Here?
Absolutely soul savvy! A practical, thought-provoking, and certainly inspirational book that will infuse your spiritual essence into your material existence. Finally, true abundance can be yours.
Dr. John F. Demartini, author of How to Make One Hell of a Profit and Still Get to Heaven, featured in the movie The Secret
Ernest Chu is the perfect person to write a book about spiritual wealth and financial health. Descended from a legendary Confucian grand master, he has years of experience and the modern-world skills of a billion-dollar investment banker. Ernie has written an exceptional book that shows you how to invest your inner wealth to create purpose and prosperity in your life. His healthy prescription for a fulfilling and abundant life will truly change your life.
Terry Shintani, MD, bestselling author of The Hawaii Diet and The Good Carbohydrate Revolution
Ernest Chus easy-to-learn concepts will teach you to powerfully unleash your inner capital, keep your spiritual and material bank accounts filled to the brim, and let your soul prosper.
Jason Oman, coauthor of Conversations with Millionaires
Grounded in ancient spiritual principles, Ernest Chus Soul Currency is the perfect modern and practical guide to living a prosperous life.
Chris Michaels, founder of the Center for Spiritual Living in Kansas City,
Missouri, and author of Your Souls Assignment
As an investment banker, Ernest Chu is brilliant. As a teacher of ancient wisdom and universal principles, he is a master. When you blend these together and put them in a book, you have Soul Currency. Ernie is a guide we can trust because he has already been where he wants to lead us.... He has scouted the terrain and makes the journey to a life truly worth living not only enjoyable but obtainable. Thats my kind of teacher.
Dennis Merritt Jones, DD, author of
The Art of Being 101 Ways to Practice Purpose in Your Life
In Soul Currency, Ernie Chu explains the connection between your soul currency and creating prosperity. I highly recommend this dynamic book.
Hale Dwoskin, author of the New York Times bestseller The Sedona Method
Real money is an illusion; soul currency is real! Everyone on the planet needs to read this book and embrace the principles it contains.... By doing so we would all be able to open our hearts so that we could see the many gifts and strengths we have in our spiritual pocketbooks. We would realize our true worth and transform it into cash in hand. An absolutely spectacular read again and again!
Karen Simmons, founder and CEO of Autism Today and coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Children with Special Needs
Having been the CFO of publicly held companies, Reverend Ernest Chu has the perfect background to blend the spiritual principles of prosperity with the wisdom of sound financial practices. Soul Currency will help you discover what turns you on, and then help you to turn it on. It will assist you in living a fulfilling life while being in the affluent flow of Spirit.
Dr. Christian Sorensen, author of Catch the Spirit and founding community leader of the United Church of Religious Science
I love Soul Currency. Ernest Chu offers practical and easy steps to manifest your dreams and create inner and outer wealth. Savor the advice and insights; add flow and the richness of purpose to your life.
Sandy Grason, international speaker and author of Journalution: Journaling to Awaken Your Inner Voice, Heal Your Life, and Manifest Your Dreams
This beautiful, heartfelt, easy-to-read book offers a refreshingly insightful path to abundance and fulfillment. You will discover a path to prosperity rooted in love and creativity rather than desire and greed. You will learn that the magnificent abundance you seek is already within you. I highly recommend Ernest Chu, and I highly recommend this wonderful book!
John E. Welshons, author of Awakening from Grief and When Prayers Arent Answered
Soul Currency is a powerful message of hope. Developing ones spiritual attributes to the fullest assures a rich, rewarding life, filled with joy, happiness and economic independence. Ernest Chus crystal-clear message in Soul Currency will help a wide range of people find relevance and meaning in their lives. Its a great message and should be told.
Michael A. Stephen, retired chairman of Aetna Insurance,
and author of Spirituality in Business
SOUL
CURRENCY
SOUL
CURRENCY
Investing Your Inner Wealth
for Fulfillment & Abundance
ERNEST D. CHU
NEW WORLD LIBRARY
NOVATO, CALIFORNIA
Copyright 2008 by Ernest D. Chu
All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, or other without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.
The term soul currency is a registered trademark of Ernest D. Chu.
Text design by Tona Pearce Myers
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chu, Ernest D.
Soul currency: investing your inner wealth for fulfillment and abundance / Ernest D. Chu.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-57731-624-4 (hbk.: alk. paper) 1. Job satisfactionSocial aspects. 2. EntrepreneurshipSocial aspects. 3. Success in businessSocial aspects. 4. Success. 5. Self-realization. I. Title. HF5549.5.J63C477 2008
650.1dc22
2008026544
First printing, October 2008
North American edition ISBN 978-1-57731-624-4
International paperback edition ISBN 978-1-57731-652-7
Printed in the United States on 50% postconsumer-waste recycled paper
New World Library is a proud member of the Green Press Initiative.
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To the memory of my grandfather, T.C. Chu,
who always insisted that I would be a writer,
even before I turned six years old,
and who insisted I read Plutarchs Lives when I was twelve
To the special memory of my late father, Philip,