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Future of Success

Reich, Robert B.

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Future of Success

From Robert B. Reich -- political economist, distinguished public servant, and author of The Work of Nations, Locked in the Cabinet, and other acclaimed and best-selling books -- a brilliant analysis of the new economy and how it is affecting our lives, for better and for worse. The dizzying exuberance of the Internet-driven marketplace offers unprecedented opportunities. But this technology is also a motor that relentlessly sharpens competition: When consumers can shift allegiance with the click of a mouse, sellers must make constant improvements -- by cutting costs, adding value, requiring more time and work from employees whose job stability, in turn, declines daily. In short, the terrific deals of the new economy carry a steep price: more frenzied lives, less security, more economic and social stratification, the loss of time for family, friendship, community, and self. In straightforward, impassioned language, using examples from everyday life, Reich clearly delineates what success is coming to mean in our time -- the pitfalls and down-turns hidden in the apparent advantages and advances -- and suggests how we might create a more balanced society and more satisfying lives. The Future of Success is a stunning, timely book, certain to galvanize the nation's attention and alter the way we look at our future.

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Title of ebook: Future of Success
ISBN: 9780375413438
Publisher: Knopf
Internet download file size: 328 kb
Released online for download: 04-15-2001
Author of eBook: Reich, Robert B.

The Future of Success

Introduction

A few years ago I had a job that consumed me. I wasn't addicted to it--"addiction" suggests an irrational attachment, slightly masochistic, compulsive. My problem was that I loved my job and couldn't get enough of it. Being a member of the President's cabinet was better than any other job I'd ever had. In the morning, I couldn't wait to get to the office. At night, I left it reluctantly. Even when I was at home, part of my mind remained at work.

Not surprisingly, all other parts of my life shriveled into a dried raisin. I lost touch with my family, seeing little of my wife or my two sons. I lost contact with old friends. I even began to lose contact with myself--every aspect of myself other than what the job required. Then one evening I phoned home to tell the boys I wouldn't make it back in time to say good night. I'd already missed five bedtimes in a row. Sam, the younger of the two, said that was O.K., but asked me to wake him up whenever I got home. I explained that I'd be back so late that he would have gone to sleep long before; it was probably better if I saw him the next morning. But he insisted. I asked him why. He said he just ... read full excerpt from Future of Success ebook