What Happens When You Get What You Want?: Success and the Challenge of Choice

by Rick Eigenbrod

In this provocative book, Dr. Rick Eigenbrod invites readers to consider the idea that we are far better prepared to pursue success than to have it. With humor and insight, he explores the reality of what happens when we get what we want and why success, along with gain, acquisition, and achievement, can also bring loss and disruption to our lives. In addition to a greater understanding of the profound emotional, psychological, and social impact that “success” has on our lives, Rick provides an alternative to the Grand Narrative of $uccess as life’s supreme organizing principle. In this wonderfully concise work, Rick offers a framework for choice-making, that gives us a reliable and enduring source of structure, meaning, and identity as we navigate the uncharted waters of ‘What next?’ and ‘Is this all there is?.’

Genres: Psychology, Business

94 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2014

Reviews

[Dev Sathe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought provoking if you're contemplating your second mountain. It's a very quick read, and sometimes repetitive but it's laced with golden nuggets of wisdom.

[Krystal · Rating 3 out of 5]

couple of pages provided really helpful insight, otherwise didn't feel like I gained much

[Marc Dorval · Rating 3 out of 5]

A light read, especially at this stage of my life. I think it would be especially valuable to young adults, especially those questioning the meaning of the 'rat race'. The author puts a little perspective (repeatedly, unfortunately), on the process and the alternatives.

If you're an older male, in his 40s, I'd recommend Death of a Hero, Birth of the Soul: Answering the Call of Midlifefor a deeper read and insight.