All That Happiness Is : Some Words on What Matters
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2024.
Edition
First edition.
Status
Lamar Public Library (C426) - NEW
158 GOPNIK ADAM
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158 GOPNIK ADAM
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2024.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
62 pages : 19 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Participants/Performers
Our society is obsessed with achievement. Young people are pushed toward the next test or the “best” grammar school, high school, or college they can get into. Adults push themselves toward the highest-paying, most prestigious jobs, seeking promotions and public recognition. As Adam Gopnik points out, the result is not so much a rat race as a rat maze, with no way out. Except one: to choose accomplishment over achievement. Achievement, Gopnik argues, is the completion of the task imposed from outside. Accomplishment, by contrast, is the end point of an engulfing activity one engages in for its own sake. From stories of artists, philosophers, and scientists to his own fumbling attempts to play Beatles songs on a guitar, Gopnik demonstrates that while self-directed passions sometimes do lead to a career, the contentment that flows from accomplishment is available to each of us.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gopnik, A. (2024). All That Happiness Is: Some Words on What Matters (First edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gopnik, Adam. 2024. All That Happiness Is: Some Words On What Matters. Liveright Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gopnik, Adam. All That Happiness Is: Some Words On What Matters Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gopnik, Adam. All That Happiness Is: Some Words On What Matters First edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2024.
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