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The Failure of Success|Lawrence R. Samuel

The Failure of Success : Americans' Ambiguous History of Ambition

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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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781527552111
  • ISBN-10: 152755211X
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Publish Date: June 2020
  • Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.65 pounds
  • Page Count: 156

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