After posting a video of New York Times bestselling author Mark Albion discussing his new book MORE THAN MONEY yesterday, here’s a short animated movie based on the book.

“The Good Life” is about a chance meeting between an MBA and a fisherman on a small Greek island . As the MBA tries to teach the fisherman about business, the fisherman teaches him about life:

You can learn more about Mark Albion and MORE THAN MONEY at http://www.more-than-money.org

“Everybody needs money. That’s why they call it money.”

So says Danny De Vito’s thief Mickey Bergman in David Mamet’s Heist.

It’s true, everybody does need money. But, according former Harvard Business School professor Mark Albion, money and status are not the key to fulfillment. The single-minded pursuit financial gain often means we sacrifice our personal aspirations, and this is particularly so for risk-adverse MBA students who feel tremendous pressure to focus on material success once they graduate.

In his new book, MORE THAN MONEY, Albion asks MBAs to redefine how they think about success. Using his own life story, and those of the many entrepreneurs, executives and MBAs he’s met, he introduces a framework to consider when thinking about career choices, and encourages MBA students (and all the rest of us!) to give themselves permission to be who they really want to be.

As Albion explains in this new video, MORE THAN MONEY really sets out to answer the question of how to lead a more balanced life:

MORE THAN MONEY is published in September. Click here for an excerpt from the book.