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.

The benefits of mindfulness include better performance, heightened creativity, deeper self-awareness, and increased charisma―not to mention greater peace of mind.

This book gives you practical steps for building a sense of presence into your daily work routine. It also explains the science behind mindfulness and why it works and gives clear-eyed warnings about the pitfalls of the fad.

This volume includes the work of:

- Daniel Goleman

- Ellen Langer

- Susan David

- Christina Congleton

This collection of articles includes “Mindfulness in the Age of Complexity,” an interview with Ellen Langer by Alison Beard; “Mindfulness Can Literally Change Your Brain,” by Christina Congleton, Britta K. Hölzel, and Sara W. Lazar; “How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Work Day,” by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter; “Resilience for the Rest of Us,” by Daniel Goleman; “Emotional Agility: How Effective Leaders Manage Their Thoughts and Feelings,” by Susan David and Christina Congleton; “Don’t Let Power Corrupt You,” by Dacher Keltner; “Mindfulness for People Who Are Too Busy to Meditate,” by Maria Gonzalez; “Is Something Lost When We Use Mindfulness as a Productivity Tool?” by Charlotte Lieberman; and “There Are Risks to Mindfulness at Work,” by David Brendel.

How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.