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On the Road Less Traveled: An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom
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Product Description A powerful story touched with family trauma, deprivation, and adversity balanced by a life of hard work and philanthropy! On the Road Less Traveled is the inspirational story of Edmund A. Hajim, an American financier and philanthropist who rises from dire childhood circumstances to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. At age three, Hajim is kidnapped by his father, driven from St. Louis to Los Angeles, and told that his mother is dead. His father soon abandons him in order to seek employment—mostly in vain—leaving his son behind in a string of foster homes and orphanages. This establishes a pattern of neglect and desertion that continues for Hajim’s entire childhood, forever leaving its mark. From one home to another, the lonely boy learns the value of self-reliance and perseverance despite his financial deprivation and the trauma of being an orphan. As time passes, Hajim displays a powerful instinct for survival and a burning drive to excel. A highly motivated student and athlete, he earns an NROTC college scholarship to the University of Rochester; serves in the United States Navy; works as an application research engineer; then attends Harvard Business School, where he finds that the financial industry is his true calling. So begins his rapid ascent in the corporate world, which includes senior executive positions at E. F. Hutton, Lehman Brothers, and fourteen years as CEO of Furman Selz, growing the company more than tenfold. He also creates a happy and abundant family life, though he never forgets what it means to struggle. At age sixty, he is reminded of his painful past when a family secret emerges that brings the story full circle. Review “Ed Hajim’s On the Road Less Traveled is truly inspirational, a moving, personal history that demonstrates the importance of being faithful to one’s core values. His determination and conviction that ‘education is the passport to a better future,’ combined with his genuine care for others, offer a road map for a life well-lived.” —Renée Fleming "From tragedy to triumph. Ed Hajim takes us from orphanage living to graduating with honors from Harvard Business School, to the pinnacle of the financial world and beyond. Through it all we meet an incredibly thoughtful and just plain smart person who admits his failures, maintains his hard-won values and makes an important contribution to both the financial world and the world of large non-profit institutions, particularly the University of Rochester. Ed shares with us his philosophy of success, his delight in his family, his love for his wife Barbara, and the amazing tale of how he finally found his mother. Combine this with an account of the workings of the institutional money management world of the last 50 years and you have a book that is hard to put down." —Cathy Minehan, former president of Boston Federal Reserve Bank “Prepare to be deeply moved by On the Road Less Traveled.” — Dr. Dale V. Atkins, psychologist "Ed Hajim’s life story makes Horatio Alger look like an under-achiever." —Ken Roman, former CEO of Ogilvy & Mather "The Ed Hajim story should be a 'must-read' in every school in the US! This is the touching American dream story of a young boy raised in orphanages who, through natural ability and determination, achieved great success in business and in life and then gave back. A very inspirational read." — Barbara Hackman Franklin, 29th US Secretary of Commerce "Like Horatio Alger, Ed Haijim’s story inspires. Whereas Horatio Alger was fictional, however, Ed is the real deal. His authentic and engaging book details his journey from parental abandonment and abject poverty to the pinnacles of success in the finance industry while sharing his hard-won lessons learned along the way. Ed epitomizes the eminent orphan documented by Malcolm Gladwell—someone who is able to turn great disadvantage into strength and success.” —Mark Zupan, president of Alfred University “Ther
