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The Failure of Success
Lawrence R. Samuel
其他書名
Americans’ Ambiguous History of Ambition
出版Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020-06-04
主題History / Social HistoryHistory / Modern / 20th CenturyHistory / Modern / 21st Century
ISBN15275541719781527554177
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=oSPrDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This history of success in the United States illustrates the degree to which personal and professional accomplishments have determined overall life satisfaction. Beyond serving as a guide to the past, present, and future of success in America, especially that found in the business world, this book poses a provocative argument: the standard practice of employing outer-directed measures of success, notably wealth, power, and fame, has worked to the psychological disadvantage of many Americans. More specifically, it shows that a comparative and competitive view of success has made a significant number of individuals feel less successful than if more inner-directed measures were used. Ironically then, the traditional model of success in the United States has been largely a failure. This work offers historians, practitioners, and general readers of non-fiction a blueprint for how to adopt a more meaningful and positive model of success in their everyday lives.