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1982149531 azw3 Offers a hopeful beacon and a steady path for anyone struggling to find their footing in a world of impossible standards. Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive and The Power of Regret In the tradition of Bren Browns bestseller The Gifts of Imperfection, this illuminating book by an acclaimed professor at the London School of Economics explores how the pursuit of perfection can become a dangerous obsession that leads to burnout and depressionkeeping us from achieving our goals. Today, burnout and depression are at record levels, driven by a combination of intense workplace competition, oppressively ubiquitous social media encouraging comparisons with others, the quest for elite credentials, and helicopter parenting. Society continually broadcasts the need to want more, and to be perfect. Gathering a wide range of contemporary evidence, Curran offers a clear-eyed look at how perfectionism and its capitalistic obsession with boundless growth has contributed to mass discontent and insecurity ( Read more