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All the Gold Stars: Reimagining Ambition and the Ways We Strive
From journalist and author of An Ordinary Age , an examination, dismantling, and reconstruction of ambition, where burnout is the symptom of our holiest the lonely way we strive.
Ambition—the want, the hunger, the need to achieve—is woven into America’s fabric from the first colonization to capitalism. From our first gold star assignment to acceptance at the “right” college to hustle and grinding our lives, we celebrate our drive, even as we gatekeep who is permitted to strive--and how visibly. Even as we burn out. When we can’t even. When we work won’t love us back.
All the Gold Stars looks at how the cultural, personal, and societal expectations around ambition are driving the burnout epidemic by funneling our worth into productivity, limiting our imaginations, and pushing us further apart. Through the devastating personal narrative of her own ambition crisis, Stauffer discovers the common factors driving us all, peeling back layers of family expectations, capitalism, and self-esteem that dangerously tie up our worth in our output. Interviews with students, parents, workers, psychologists, labor organizers, and more offer a new definition of ambition and the tools to reframe our lives around true success. All the Gold Stars provides ways for us to reject our current reality and reconceive ambition as more collective, imaginative, and rooted in caring for ourselves and each other.
Ambition—the want, the hunger, the need to achieve—is woven into America’s fabric from the first colonization to capitalism. From our first gold star assignment to acceptance at the “right” college to hustle and grinding our lives, we celebrate our drive, even as we gatekeep who is permitted to strive--and how visibly. Even as we burn out. When we can’t even. When we work won’t love us back.
All the Gold Stars looks at how the cultural, personal, and societal expectations around ambition are driving the burnout epidemic by funneling our worth into productivity, limiting our imaginations, and pushing us further apart. Through the devastating personal narrative of her own ambition crisis, Stauffer discovers the common factors driving us all, peeling back layers of family expectations, capitalism, and self-esteem that dangerously tie up our worth in our output. Interviews with students, parents, workers, psychologists, labor organizers, and more offer a new definition of ambition and the tools to reframe our lives around true success. All the Gold Stars provides ways for us to reject our current reality and reconceive ambition as more collective, imaginative, and rooted in caring for ourselves and each other.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published June 6, 2023
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Rainesford Stauffer
2 books78 followersRainesford Stauffer is an author, journalist, and Kentuckian. She's the Work in Progress columnist for Teen Vogue, and wrote a column for Catapult, Gold Stars. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, Scalawag, DAME Magazine, Vox, and other publications. She is the author of An Ordinary Age, and is a 2022-2023 Rosalynn Carter Fellow for Mental Health Journalism.
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August 8, 2023
“Doing your work early doesn’t necessarily mean you get to relax later. ‘You’ll just get more work, and it never ends,’ says Bri. Then if you’ve set yourself up as the person who completes things early and overachieves, anything less seems like you’re slipping or slacking.” - pg. 42
I really liked the quote above, and I thought the topic itself was important. The author clearly researched her topic well and reached out to a range of people to collect anecdotes to dot throughout her book.
But I’m sad to say that this book was pretty boring. It rambled. It didn’t feel revolutionary or make me feel particularly seen or relieved. I don’t feel healed. All in all, I feel for Stauffer and have struggled with similar things that are described in the book yet still feel unfulfilled having read it. Maybe I was just expecting too much, wanting healing or help instead of what felt more like a memoir or a laundry list of how much life sucks. Yeah, I know. That’s why I can’t stop making to-do lists trying to get through every single day by controlling as much of it as possible. I wanted you to tell me how to stop doing that, not just add “be a better friend” to my already-long list. In a way, I guess I’m glad that someone out there has worse anxiety poops than I do. But that’s about it.
As a side note, it needed more editing not just in terms of content and organization but also in terms of typos. There were repeated words and lines and sometimes underscores instead of spaces. That always makes me distrustful of a book (when nonfiction) or takes me out of the story (when fiction).
I really liked the quote above, and I thought the topic itself was important. The author clearly researched her topic well and reached out to a range of people to collect anecdotes to dot throughout her book.
But I’m sad to say that this book was pretty boring. It rambled. It didn’t feel revolutionary or make me feel particularly seen or relieved. I don’t feel healed. All in all, I feel for Stauffer and have struggled with similar things that are described in the book yet still feel unfulfilled having read it. Maybe I was just expecting too much, wanting healing or help instead of what felt more like a memoir or a laundry list of how much life sucks. Yeah, I know. That’s why I can’t stop making to-do lists trying to get through every single day by controlling as much of it as possible. I wanted you to tell me how to stop doing that, not just add “be a better friend” to my already-long list. In a way, I guess I’m glad that someone out there has worse anxiety poops than I do. But that’s about it.
As a side note, it needed more editing not just in terms of content and organization but also in terms of typos. There were repeated words and lines and sometimes underscores instead of spaces. That always makes me distrustful of a book (when nonfiction) or takes me out of the story (when fiction).
January 28, 2023
What a sensational sophomore book from Rainesford Stauffer! Her writing is clear, accessible, and concise, and an incredible amount of research went into this. I also appreciated that Stauffer discussed how the societal push for work-driven ambition affects people differently depending on background, whether that's women, people of color, LBGTQ+ folks, disabled people, low-income communities, folks at a variety of ages and life stages, and more.
Something else I really loved about this one: It had tangible solutions for what it would look like for us to rethink our relationships with ambition both as individuals and as communities. So often I'll read nonfiction books that pile on bleak observation after bleak observation, and while it's certainly important not to shy away from certain realities, it can feel incomplete when you get to the end and there's no answer to "Now what?"
Anyway, Rainesford Stauffer stans, assemble!!!!
Something else I really loved about this one: It had tangible solutions for what it would look like for us to rethink our relationships with ambition both as individuals and as communities. So often I'll read nonfiction books that pile on bleak observation after bleak observation, and while it's certainly important not to shy away from certain realities, it can feel incomplete when you get to the end and there's no answer to "Now what?"
Anyway, Rainesford Stauffer stans, assemble!!!!
August 24, 2023
An awakening read, very relatable as someone who obsessively sets goals and thinks about the next milestone or big thing.
The book redefined ambition and provided solutions for how to reconsider our relationship with ambition, the motivations behind our ambitions and how is serves us. Ambition isn’t confined only to work, it can be manifested in just about every aspect of life — keeping meaningful connections with loved ones, being more intentional about rest, and even having fun (something we often forget as we “grow up”).
Also a great reminder that one doesn’t need to be constantly productive to be worthy of rest, or friendship, or love. I’ll be trying to keep this in mind; that I don’t need to do X amount of work before I deserve to take a break, or that everything I do needs to have a productive value because I can do something out of pure enjoyment, just because I can. Will also be learning to appreciate the present and be happy, not always waiting for the next achievement before I’m happy or constantly planning for “what’s next”.
The book redefined ambition and provided solutions for how to reconsider our relationship with ambition, the motivations behind our ambitions and how is serves us. Ambition isn’t confined only to work, it can be manifested in just about every aspect of life — keeping meaningful connections with loved ones, being more intentional about rest, and even having fun (something we often forget as we “grow up”).
Also a great reminder that one doesn’t need to be constantly productive to be worthy of rest, or friendship, or love. I’ll be trying to keep this in mind; that I don’t need to do X amount of work before I deserve to take a break, or that everything I do needs to have a productive value because I can do something out of pure enjoyment, just because I can. Will also be learning to appreciate the present and be happy, not always waiting for the next achievement before I’m happy or constantly planning for “what’s next”.
July 21, 2023
I seem to be in the minority here, but I just could not get into this book. Maybe I didn't relate to the author enough? It struck me as extremely dull.
August 18, 2023
The writing is fine, but it didn’t reveal anything I didn’t already know and most of the personal anecdotes weren’t hugely compelling. I do love the idea of being ambitious about friendship, but alas, even that doesn’t work unless both friends are ambitious. Feels like this was a missed opportunity to dig deeper.
June 5, 2024
Always trying to be thoughtful about my relationship to work and with capitalist markers of success. I wish more time had been spent on the “reimagining” but I LOVED seeing a former Wake Debater quoted!
July 5, 2023
This book is a radical reframing and reimagining of how the capitalist concept of ambition actually holds us back, but how we can reclaim it to actually benefit ourselves and our communities. Stauffer is a very skilled writer who seamlessly weaves personal stories, research, and reporting into a compelling narrative. I admired her vulnerability on her own circumstances and ambition. I also appreciated how intersectional her sourcing was without othering her subjects. Overall this book helped rewire my brain a little and challenged how I think of my own ambition. It’s a must read for anyone struggling with burnout, mental health, or just existential career crises.
July 9, 2023
This is a non-fiction book written by a young lady who it sounds like has been through a lot, but may still be too young to write about this topic.
It’s about ambition, how it is defined in America, and mostly how it’s poisonous to us.
There are some really interesting moments in this book. But it’s not well-organized…it rambles…and it relies too much on 1st party narratives that should have been edited down.
On the positive side, I found a lot of her research interesting and on-point, and I thought her premise that we shouldn’t let go of ambition, but rather redirect it to spaces that bring us happiness and give back is right.
It’s about ambition, how it is defined in America, and mostly how it’s poisonous to us.
There are some really interesting moments in this book. But it’s not well-organized…it rambles…and it relies too much on 1st party narratives that should have been edited down.
On the positive side, I found a lot of her research interesting and on-point, and I thought her premise that we shouldn’t let go of ambition, but rather redirect it to spaces that bring us happiness and give back is right.
April 19, 2023
I can't speak highly enough of this book. As someone diagnosed with Autism and ADHD at 33, this contained lots of stuff I needed to hear. I was set up to be a successful adult (straight A student with ambitious life goals and super driven to achieve), and just...fell flat on my face with no clue why it was. So. Dang. Hard. After reading this, it made things make more sense.
I feel seen, and I'm very grateful. 🙏
I feel seen, and I'm very grateful. 🙏
July 22, 2023
⭐️ I spent my Monday afternoon away from my inbox with Rainesford Stauffer's new book All The Gold Stars: Reimagining Ambition and the Ways We Strive. ⭐️
The chapter about timelines and what it means to be “behind” at certain ages hits hard—I turned 31 this year and I am living with my parents, far away from owning a house, getting married or having kids. But who says I actually want any of those things? Why do I feel “behind” when I am in the midst of my most ambitious achievement, publishing my first novel? Am I unambitious for prioritizing my happiness and well-being over earning as much money as possible?
Rainesford’s book deconstructs ambition with intersectional research and empathy. She asks: What is ambition outside of capitalism? How do queerness, race, and ability shape our definitions of success? What about folks who are forced to overwork out of economic necessity—would we call them “ambitious”? What would a collective form of ambition look like?
A must-read for folks of all ages, but especially young people wondering what the hell to strive for as the world collapses.
The chapter about timelines and what it means to be “behind” at certain ages hits hard—I turned 31 this year and I am living with my parents, far away from owning a house, getting married or having kids. But who says I actually want any of those things? Why do I feel “behind” when I am in the midst of my most ambitious achievement, publishing my first novel? Am I unambitious for prioritizing my happiness and well-being over earning as much money as possible?
Rainesford’s book deconstructs ambition with intersectional research and empathy. She asks: What is ambition outside of capitalism? How do queerness, race, and ability shape our definitions of success? What about folks who are forced to overwork out of economic necessity—would we call them “ambitious”? What would a collective form of ambition look like?
A must-read for folks of all ages, but especially young people wondering what the hell to strive for as the world collapses.
May 31, 2023
Yesssss! This. Like a breath of fresh air and an acknowledgment for how I hope to continue living my life. That shared community that says you need x, I have an abundance of x so here you go enjoy. I’m always baking and cooking and I love to share with the folks around me in the neighborhood. I’m trying to find other ways to be a good community member as well when it comes to other ways to support. I hope my friends know that if I can do I will do! And also that our door is always open. Being a good person, raising good people, and sharing love and kindness. That kind of ambition makes my heart happy. I want more heart happy moments. Ad nauseam into the future.
never-finished
September 18, 2023DNF at 30%. Disappointed because I was really excited for this book. But the writing style just did not work for me. There is also something slippery here that sometimes seems to use "ambition" and "hard work" interchangeably.. Even though the first chapters focus a lot on how complicated ambition is to define, the was it ends up using that word doesn't quite land for me. Nonetheless, the book helped something click for me: How I was raised, and reinforced even more by my teacher training in growth mindset, means I value hard work a lot more than accomplishment. I reflexively praise: "Wow! You must have worked hard at that." I focus on the process over the product, habits over goals. Now I'm comparing all of that to my other beliefs about how working harder isn't always admirable, and that working harder doesn't necessarily mean a result is more worthy. So, I do really appreciate that nudge. I'm also still intrigued by the idea of being ambitious about relationships, community, parenting, etc. Maybe I will read some more reviews or summaries of this work. I just found it really hard to read.
July 13, 2024
This book should be called “Deconstructing Ambition: a book about Covid and the lack of support for caregiving in the United States.” There are lots of first-hand accounts about the way the U.S. fails to support people, especially in the workplace, but it did not provide any ideas or “reimagining” of ambition.
June 12, 2023
Wow this author is so funny and smart, and such a good writer
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August 26, 2023Not what I expected. A good overview of how capitalism benefits from our ambition but I was hoping for more insight in how to reduce our desire for more gold stars.
August 10, 2023
I relate with the very embodiment of “ambition” as my personality, sense of worth and purpose in life. Ambition can be applied to just about anything to make it feel purposeful, much like being “busy” for the sake of busy-ness itself can make one feel important. The kicker is that after all that wheel-spinning and hand-waving and gold-star-achieving, you still feel empty. It is impossible to do it all, fix it all, carry it all - and yet we have been brought up in a world that tell us we can and expects us to do so, without complaint and without support. This book felt like a balm, a mix of reflections from smart, like-minded friends with a therapy twist. One concept that struck me so deeply was, “Raising a child is ambitious.” I have never thought about it that way, but I completely see the parallels. I loved the musings on ambition and life reframing at the end. This was a comforting, validating and inspiring read.
July 20, 2023
This is honestly a book that I feel like I already want to read again. The first time through I was just processing as I went, and for my second read-through, I really want to make the stuff that really resonated with me. I'm also very excited to listen to the author's interview with Nora McInerny. This was what inspired me to pick this one up now as it'd been on my list for awhile. I very much related to the concepts of the book, and I saw myself in so many of the examples and reflections. I'm excited to delve into the author's work both with this book and beyond from here.
February 12, 2024
The topics covered are absolutely fascinating to me and really made me think about my hobbies, work, and self; however, I found the anecdotes, research, and stories mundane and unrelatable. I never viewed myself as a perfectionist, but the more I've thought about it since I went to therapy during grad school, the more I believe I am. I avoid trying new things if I can't do them well or I procrastinate so I am unable to "reach my full potential" and use it as an excuse. I also remember beating myself up after my parents telling me they were proud of me on a test, report card, game, etc that I should have been better. Even my reading hobby is quantitative with a goal of books to read each year. I don't know how to have a hobby without making goals. Will try to take away some of the themes of the book to strive for less and breaking away from the mentality of feeling behind in life's milestones since I decided to go to grad school instead of jumping into a career! Working on my checklist to tackle this now :)
December 22, 2023
Alright -- my review at Mack Reads Books
Wanted to give a preliminary review while this text is fresh in my brain. Rainesford Stauffer wrote "An Ordinary Age" which was published in 2021. I read it fresh after choosing to postpone law school at a medium choice law school to wait out a top choice law school. I was in a pit of self-induced ambition despair. The book was a balm to my soul.
This book, published in 2023, was a lesser version of the same general consensus. Truly, this felt like the "from the vault" portion of a Taylor's Version album. Grabbed from a period of time cast in amber, with no deeply revelatory insights to share.
The virtue is in the mean, friends. We must strive to feel human -- but our striving is not what makes us human.
Wanted to give a preliminary review while this text is fresh in my brain. Rainesford Stauffer wrote "An Ordinary Age" which was published in 2021. I read it fresh after choosing to postpone law school at a medium choice law school to wait out a top choice law school. I was in a pit of self-induced ambition despair. The book was a balm to my soul.
This book, published in 2023, was a lesser version of the same general consensus. Truly, this felt like the "from the vault" portion of a Taylor's Version album. Grabbed from a period of time cast in amber, with no deeply revelatory insights to share.
The virtue is in the mean, friends. We must strive to feel human -- but our striving is not what makes us human.
June 16, 2023
All the Gold Stars earns all the stars from me. I’m going to forever read whatever Rainesford Stauffer decides to write. Her first book had my highlighting every other page and here again I was circling and emphasizing dozens and passages. The balance of memoir with the stories of the people she interviewed was perfect and really shines a light on the fact that if you too feel imposter syndrome or generally overwhelmed by pressure to strive for more — you are not alone.
August 26, 2023
Maybe my hopes were too high for this book. It felt too disorganized and jumped around a lot. There were a few very interesting points, but overall it just didn’t hit for me.
March 31, 2024
DNF at 42%. Occasionally I come across a book where it's clear the author and I have very different viewpoints on living life and what's worthwhile to pursue, and this is one of them. I read books to expand my own worldview though taking glimpse through the viewpoints of others, and I can respect and appreciate them when it's clear the author has fully consolidated their views through through hard life lessons (like Kim Foster in the The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City, whose efforts I very much admire).
In All the Gold Stars, what struck me early on is that Stauffer is still searching for answers to a series of nebulous problems that she in some aspects seems to inappropriately shoehorn herself into -- being a cisgender white woman without children and spending so much of the book talking about the plights of trans and queer people, people of color, and/or parents. I would probably lump this book into the anti-productivity genre (and by that, I mean books about how it's OK to not strive and be ambitious and that we should prioritize self-care above all). Of other books I've read like this, All the Gold Stars is probably closest to Devon Price's Laziness Does Not Exist), and the antithesis of books like Rachel Hollis' Girl Wash your Face, or frankly any book by Rachel Hollis and/or anything from the #bossbabe or MLM era (which...didn't/doesn't end well).
The central premise of this book, at least from the first 42% of it that I listened to, seems to be Stauffer's general impression that #1 schools (sometimes with sneaky government/commercial interference) reward students with gold stars/trinkets/positive recognition for things that aren't achievable by all, which is unfair, and #2 where are the gold stars for adults, since after you stop being a student there are rarely defined metrics for achievement and rewards, and what is the point of striving anymore?
Regarding #1, I think one of the important lessons of childhood and growing up is to learn to accept yourself for your strengths and limitations, which includes not having your self-worth shatter and moving on when you don't win or succeed at something. It sounds like Stauffer's mom, by praising Stauffer's efforts and diligence vs. her final grades, was on the right track here. And personally, I resented when Stauffer specifically took potshots at the Accelerated Reader program (which rewards young readers with points for reading books and successfully completing quizzes on the books' content and themes, which could be redeemed for more books or book-adjacent prizes) and BOOK IT! program (which rewards young readers with pizza) -- I personally participated in and loved both programs and partially credit them for instilling in me a lifelong love of reading and learning (along with local library reading programs that rewarded me with trinkets for completed books). I still love books and honestly never needed the trinkets or pizza for motivation, though I certainly enjoyed them at the time.
Regarding #2, I think one of the important lessons of adulthood is defining your own motivations and finding ways to channel that motivation into the pursuit of goals that are both worthy and possible for you - it's not nearly as complicated as Stauffer seems to view it.
In All the Gold Stars, what struck me early on is that Stauffer is still searching for answers to a series of nebulous problems that she in some aspects seems to inappropriately shoehorn herself into -- being a cisgender white woman without children and spending so much of the book talking about the plights of trans and queer people, people of color, and/or parents. I would probably lump this book into the anti-productivity genre (and by that, I mean books about how it's OK to not strive and be ambitious and that we should prioritize self-care above all). Of other books I've read like this, All the Gold Stars is probably closest to Devon Price's Laziness Does Not Exist), and the antithesis of books like Rachel Hollis' Girl Wash your Face, or frankly any book by Rachel Hollis and/or anything from the #bossbabe or MLM era (which...didn't/doesn't end well).
The central premise of this book, at least from the first 42% of it that I listened to, seems to be Stauffer's general impression that #1 schools (sometimes with sneaky government/commercial interference) reward students with gold stars/trinkets/positive recognition for things that aren't achievable by all, which is unfair, and #2 where are the gold stars for adults, since after you stop being a student there are rarely defined metrics for achievement and rewards, and what is the point of striving anymore?
Regarding #1, I think one of the important lessons of childhood and growing up is to learn to accept yourself for your strengths and limitations, which includes not having your self-worth shatter and moving on when you don't win or succeed at something. It sounds like Stauffer's mom, by praising Stauffer's efforts and diligence vs. her final grades, was on the right track here. And personally, I resented when Stauffer specifically took potshots at the Accelerated Reader program (which rewards young readers with points for reading books and successfully completing quizzes on the books' content and themes, which could be redeemed for more books or book-adjacent prizes) and BOOK IT! program (which rewards young readers with pizza) -- I personally participated in and loved both programs and partially credit them for instilling in me a lifelong love of reading and learning (along with local library reading programs that rewarded me with trinkets for completed books). I still love books and honestly never needed the trinkets or pizza for motivation, though I certainly enjoyed them at the time.
Regarding #2, I think one of the important lessons of adulthood is defining your own motivations and finding ways to channel that motivation into the pursuit of goals that are both worthy and possible for you - it's not nearly as complicated as Stauffer seems to view it.
March 25, 2024
I agreed with a lot of what this book had to say: how ambition can be refocused on things like community care, friendship and creativity, thereby enriching our lives and freeing it from only being a motivating force at work. But I found the writing scattered and Stauffer’s way of incorporating the interview quotations a bit all over the place. It also seems most of the interviews were with people of a similar age and mindset as the author, which didn’t provide much breadth of thought. I wanted more wisdom from elders or people situated outside of western capitalism to round out the author’s thesis.
June 30, 2025
It's a little difficult for me to rate this. On one hand, I agree with everything she discussed! But on the other, very little of it was new to me because I was expecting a different book. So I've already read and learned about most of these topics over the past few years (even in lesser books than this) and I wasn't really connecting with her personal story.
It also took me a shockingly long time to listen to this. Like I renewed the audiobook multiple times, and it really wasn't very long.
It also took me a shockingly long time to listen to this. Like I renewed the audiobook multiple times, and it really wasn't very long.
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May 31, 2023Growing up a Straight-A obsessed perfectionist and a person who cycles through burnout, this was a book I needed to read. I had to snort at the part about how achievers turn hobbies into work and more achievement. I'm always trying to do that. I really enjoyed all the different angles that were tackled and would recommend this to anyone who has spent their life chasing gold stars.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a review copy.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a review copy.
October 25, 2023
I wanted more from the book, like other one- and two-star reviewers here. She extensively interviews others but reveals very little of herself or her own stories considering the highly personal nature of the topic. In the end, the conclusion she reaches - that we should serve each other and our personal ambitions instead of those others set for us, especially at work - is a good one.
November 28, 2023
Part memoir and part research study, this book goes into all the ways ambition starts off for so many millennials - as a way to prove your worth, as a result of the pressure put on children of first-gen immigrant families, as a way to open up new worlds. This book gave me the tools I needed to do some much needed reflection on the role of the ambition machine in my own life.
April 17, 2024
Maybe 3.5.or 3.75 stars? Liked it, resonated a lot. I think the thing that was missing for me was that while it ended with thoughts and feelings of hope, I usually reserve 4 stars for books that leave me feeling inspired or something that I feel like I'll contemplate for months to come. That feeling is missing, but again, good book, resonated a lot. Stauffer provided thoughts and recommendations on what a person can do to change things. Glad I read it.
July 18, 2024
I’m tempted to rate this higher because I agree with its thesis—that basing our self-worth around ambition and achievement is capitalistic and bad. But every argument felt like something I’ve already read on Twitter, and I found many of the sections to be too conceptually sprawling to enjoy.
I also would’ve liked fewer and deeper anecdotes that show, not tell, how warped senses of achievement hurt us and hold us back. It felt like every time the author touched on a personal story from herself or one of the interviewees, she would use coded language and sparse details. If you don’t want to share a story, don’t share it! Pick one you can talk about so we can understand the nuance behind it! Discomfort is okay sometimes! Ahhh!
All in all, this book didn’t feel super original to me, and it probably wasn’t worth the read.
I also would’ve liked fewer and deeper anecdotes that show, not tell, how warped senses of achievement hurt us and hold us back. It felt like every time the author touched on a personal story from herself or one of the interviewees, she would use coded language and sparse details. If you don’t want to share a story, don’t share it! Pick one you can talk about so we can understand the nuance behind it! Discomfort is okay sometimes! Ahhh!
All in all, this book didn’t feel super original to me, and it probably wasn’t worth the read.
January 23, 2025
Made some good points and appreciated all the “fact checking” or sharing of others that she talked to and quoted but it didn’t keep my interest as much as I hoped it would.
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