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02350aam a2200325 i 4500 001 DD1D4C74084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240502011849 008 230812t20242024nyu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1324094850 020 $a 9781324094852 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1393242942 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d LIV $d LMJ $d PX0 $d OCLCO $d OJ4 $d SILO 082 04 $a 153.9 $2 23/eng/20230227 100 1 $a Gopnik, Adam, $e author. 245 10 $a All that happiness is : $b some words on what matters / $c Adam Gopnik. 246 30 $a Some words on what matters 250 $a First edition. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, $c [2024] 300 $a 62 pages ; $c 19 cm 520 $a From New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik, a slim, elegant volume presenting a radical alternative to our culture of relentless striving. 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. A book to read and return to at any age, All That Happiness Is offers timeless wisdom against the grain. none 650 0 $a Personality and academic achievement $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a Personality and academic achievement. 650 0 $a Performance $x Psychological aspects. 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft 941 $a 3 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240716012656.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20240604011345.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240502012347.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DD1D4C74084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search