The Failure of Success: Americans' Ambiguous History of Ambition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781527552111)

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.

Author: Lawrence R. Samuel
ISBN-10: 152755211X
ISBN-13: 9781527552111
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2020
Pages: 156
Format: Hardcover