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All the gold stars : reimagining ambition and the ways we strive / Rainesford Stauffer.

Summary:

"All the Gold Stars looks at how the cultural, personal, and societal expectations around ambition are driving the burnout epidemic by funneling our worth into productivity, limiting our imaginations, and pushing us further apart. Through the devastating personal narrative of her own ambition crisis, Stauffer discovers the common factors driving us all, peeling back layers of family expectations, capitalism, and self-esteem that dangerously tie up our worth in our output"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780306830334
ISBN: 0306830337
Physical Description: v, 282 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group, 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282).
Formatted Contents Note:	I'll go first: an introduction -- So you're calling me a striver, and some thoughts on sin -- Life's good behavior chart -- Schoolhouse rock (and a hard place) -- Parental guidance suggested -- "Just" a hobby -- A ticking time bomb -- Nine to ... forever -- When gold stars shatter -- Good for something -- Pal around -- Worked up -- Take good care -- All that glitters.