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All the Gold Stars : Reimagining Ambition and the Ways We Strive by Rainesford Stauffer (2023, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherGrand Central Publishing

ISBN-100306830337

ISBN-139780306830334

eBay Product ID (ePID)27058361154

Product Key Features

Book TitleAll the Gold Stars : Reimagining Ambition and the Ways We Strive

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicPersonal Growth / Happiness, Personal Success, Developmental / Adolescent, Popular Culture, General

GenreSocial Science, Self-Help, Psychology, Business & Economics

AuthorRainesford Stauffer

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight14.1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.8 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-950577

Reviews"In All the Gold Stars , Rainesford Stauffer looks at our societal conversations around ambition and success for young people, and deftly unravels the myriad of ways those conversations preach a cruel and unyielding message to the inheritors of this society: deny the limits of your humanity to get ahead. Stauffer speaks with those deeply affected by this warped messaging, and writes a new narrative for us. One that includes an acknowledgement of our humanness, our need for play, and a more compassionate path to a better future. Read this book, and expand your imagination beyond what is, and toward what could be." -- Ashley C. Ford, Writer and Host, "By asking hard questions, she encourages readers to evaluate our own relationships with ambition so that we can reach our goals in a healthier way."-- The Story Exchange, "As a chronic seeker of external validation and a collector of gold stars since kindergarten, this book was a balm for my weary, approval-seeking soul. Rainesford Stauffer has a rare gift for blending rigorous research and journalism with tender and empathetic storytelling. This is a must-read for try-hards, strivers, and other ambitious people whose candle has burnt out on both ends." -- Nora McInerny, "The author calls for a wholesale reimagining of ambition: rather than adopting a go-it-alone attitude, readers should assign greater value to relationships and friendships, as true success can't be achieved solo. Stauffer is most convincing when she explores the intersection of ambition and injustice, as when she trenchantly critiques the ways student loans and academic tracking systems such as Advanced Placement classes reinforce racial inequalities....Stauffer takes on a fascinating social question."-- Publishers Weekly, " All the Gold Stars is a lively read about a little-discussed problem that's leaving millions of us exhausted and unhappy: Americans work far too hard, far more hours than workers in other wealthy nations. With insightful analysis and excellent examples, Rainsford Stauffer explains the two main reasons why we work so much. First, forever seeking the next gold star, Americans push themselves too hard in their quest for more money and success. Second, too many companies push their workers too hard and demand too much as they seek to maximize their profits. This book sounds an important alarm--it's time to work less and enjoy life more."-- Steven Greenhouse, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor, "This book will pull you in completely, love you well, change your brain and your life."-- Hannah Matthews, author of You or Someone You Love, "If you've been doing 'everything right' for as long as you can remember, and can't quite figure out why you're so exhausted, or bored, or unmotivated, or just over it --this book will change your life. Rainesford Stauffer gives us permission--and the language!--to imagine a different way forward." -- Anne Helen Petersen, author of Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal302.52

SynopsisAmbition-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 know: 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 funnelling 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, labour 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., From journalist and author of An Ordinary Age , an examination, dismantling, and reconstruction of ambition, where burnout is the symptom of our holiest sin: 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 know: 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.

LC Classification NumberBJ1533.A4