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Rush : why you need and love the rat race / Todd G. Buchholz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Hudson Street Press, c2011.Description: xii, 292 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1594630771
  • 9781594630774 (trade : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Why you need and love the rat race
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 650.1 23
LOC classification:
  • HD41 .B83 2011
Contents:
Preface: "I made a mistake" -- The rush of life : our brains, our bodies, our economy -- Bye-bye, eden, forever -- What is competition? : what is happiness? -- Rush to action : the biology of risk and happiness -- We are all control freaks and need to be -- Darwin and a tale of three apes : why competition does not make us evil -- Happiness is hard work -- Whistle while you work -- How time and interest rates bring us closer -- The era of the stranger -- Forget utopia : necessity is the mother of happiness -- Learning and living in the real world -- No competition without motivation -- Everybody play nice -- Repair yourself; repair the world -- Concluding thoughts: your most important competitor : you.
Summary: Argues that taking a vacation or having downtime is not what will bring happiness and that staying busy is what keeps the mind sharp, competition is great for morale, and joy will come with the never ending rush of life.
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Item type Home library Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Book Book Ortaokul Kütüphanesi / Middle School Library İngilizce Roman Dışı / English Non Fiction (MS) 650.1 BUC /O (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T 307285

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-277) and index.

Preface: "I made a mistake" -- The rush of life : our brains, our bodies, our economy -- Bye-bye, eden, forever -- What is competition? : what is happiness? -- Rush to action : the biology of risk and happiness -- We are all control freaks and need to be -- Darwin and a tale of three apes : why competition does not make us evil -- Happiness is hard work -- Whistle while you work -- How time and interest rates bring us closer -- The era of the stranger -- Forget utopia : necessity is the mother of happiness -- Learning and living in the real world -- No competition without motivation -- Everybody play nice -- Repair yourself; repair the world -- Concluding thoughts: your most important competitor : you.

Kirkus Review

Kirkus Review, February 2011

Argues that taking a vacation or having downtime is not what will bring happiness and that staying busy is what keeps the mind sharp, competition is great for morale, and joy will come with the never ending rush of life.

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