The Metrics of Success
On a recent flight I read an intriguing interview in MyMIDWEST with former New Hampshire State Senator Jim Rubens regarding his new book, OverSuccess: Healing the American Obsession with Wealth, Fame, Power, and Perfection. Mr Rubens’ story is itself an interesting one, but the details of his book bear repeating here.
OverSuccess
According to Mr Rubens, there is a mass cultural phenomenon causing Americans to measure success exclusively by externals, such as wealth, fame, power and physical perfection. He calls this phenomenon “OverSuccess.” Mr Rubens suggests a “global economy” and “pervasive, celebrity-saturated media” as culprits in driving “success benchmarks” to stratospheric …
