| Rush: Why We Thrive in the Rat Race Contributor(s): Buchholz, Todd G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0452297958 ISBN-13: 9780452297951 Publisher: Plume Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Social Theory - Psychology | Social Psychology - Self-help | Personal Growth - Happiness |
| Dewey: 650.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Relaxation makes us stupid. You think that downtime will make you happy. You may even dream about getting out of the rat race for good. But Todd Buchholz--a former White House director of economic policy, award-winning teacher at Harvard, hedge fund director, and co-producer of a Tony Award-winning Broadway hit show--wants you to know that you're wrong. It's the race that delivers the rush. So forget about retirement, zen retreats, and making everyone feel like a winner; human beings are hard-wired to compete. Interweaving entertaining stories and cutting-edge research from neuroeconomics to evolutionary biology to Renaissance art to General Motors, Buchholz draws the counterintuitive--yet wholly convincing--conclusion that competition has not only made us taller and smarter, it's what we love and need. |