People who are building a career or business and sense that chasing money alone isn't adding up to a life they want. Also useful for anyone who feels guilty about wanting financial success, or confused about how to reconcile it with deeper values.

• A clear framework for thinking about money: how to earn it ethically, allocate it wisely, and give some of it away — including a concrete four-part budgeting principle from early Buddhist texts • An honest look at what wealth can and can't do for your wellbeing — backed by research, not just philosophy • Practical tools for managing ambition without letting it run your life: handling setbacks, resisting greed, and staying grounded when things go well or badly • A redefinition of success that includes character, not just achievement — and why that actually makes you more effective, not less