The Success Myth
Our obsession with achievement is a trap. This is how to break free
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Publisher Description
"Highly comforting" Alain de Botton, Founder of The School of Life
"This book changed how I think" Annie Macmanus, author of The Mess We're In
"You will not be able to put this book down" The Independent
OUR OBSESSION WITH ACHIEVEMENT IS A TRAP. THIS IS HOW TO BREAK FREE.
Emma Gannon was thriving in her portfolio career, enjoying a happy personal life and to anyone looking in, she was undoubtedly a success... She was also burned out and confused at why she felt unhappy, yet was still striving for more.
After taking a deep look at her own journey, and interviewing many other successful people on her podcast Ctrl, Alt, Delete, she realised that our overly celebrated and traditional version of success is making us lonely, unfulfilled and dispirited. Now she has worked out a way to do things differently, and here Emma shares her hard-won lessons, including:
• how to set goals that are ambitious but not overwhelming
• why the 'tick-box' moments in life often feel anticlimactic
• and how to break free from comparison and the endless pursuit of more
A manifesto to craft work (and life) on your own terms, The Success Myth will give you the belief and tools to walk away from 'having it all', uncovering your individual path to fulfilment.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Emma Gannon may be a poster girl for millennial success–a clutch of well-received books, a long-running podcast, a large social media following–but here the self-described “ambition monster” takes an axe to the proverbial career ladder. And then lobs it onto a bonfire for good measure. Subtitled “Letting go of having it all”, this a thoughtful exploration of how to live a good life, as, entering her thirties, Gannon starts to clock that our work doesn’t have to define us. A warm, personable writer, she peppers her theories and advice with personal anecdotes–at one point, bursting into tears when a massage therapist asks her what hobbies she has. Answer: none, because she works all the time. It’s a topic that’ll resonate with many as we undergo a post-pandemic reset.
