How we move beyond burnout culture in an age of loneliness and
instead reconnect with our deepest humanity and become authentic
leaders We’ve reached a tipping point. Today’s ecologically and
socially precarious world is calling for new solutions to old
problems. But at this time of urgency the Millennial Generation,
the largest generation in the United States, is faltering. Strapped
with unprecedented student debt and suffering from the double-punch
of recent financial crises, the Millennial cohort of 72.1 million
Americans is called a new “Lost Generation.” And these economic
struggles have been accompanied by a crisis in mental health. Most
self-help books that encourage individuals to “hack” life–to
produce more and achieve more, even to “adult” more–are not
meeting the needs of our time and may be part of the problem rather
than the solution. Getting Over Ourselves shows people how they can
orient to something beyond the endless and exhausting striving of
achievement-oriented culture. It simultaneously offers a reprieve
from burnout and a provocative call to move beyond the status-quo
to tackle the problems of our time. This book challenges the
premise of the self-help genre–namely, that there is a separate,
solitary self in need of constant improvement. Rather, it
identifies our generation’s preoccupation with self-improvement
as a source of their suffering and uses developmental psychology to
guide members of this generation toward a new level of
maturity—one that reconnects them with their deepest humanity and
their greatest potential to lead in a troubled world.
General
Imprint: |
John Wiley & Sons
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
Firstpublished: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Christina Congleton
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-394-16985-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-394-16985-X |
Barcode: |
9781394169856 |
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