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The Success Syndrome

Hitting Bottom When You Reach The Top

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  • © 1986

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  1. Steven Berglas
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Success: What it is; What it Provides; How to Enjoy it

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. America’s Obsession with Success

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 3-16

    3. Expanding the Definition of Success

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 17-34

    4. Success

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 35-55

    5. How to Feel Successful

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 57-71

  3. The Success Syndrome: Expectations, Obligations, and Stress

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. The Stress of Success

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 75-94

    3. How the Successful Become Victimized

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 95-122

  4. Those Wrecked by Success

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. “Social” Disorders Caused by Success

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 125-136

    3. “Where do I Go from Here?”

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 137-152

    4. “Self-Handicapping”

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 153-165

    5. Fear of Success

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 167-181

    6. Personal Accounts of The Success Syndrome

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 183-213

  5. Treating the Success Syndrome in Individuals and Corporations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
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    2. The Executive Stress Clinic

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 217-242

    3. “Success Syndromes” on the Corporate Level

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 243-264

    4. Epilogue

      • Steven Berglas
      Pages 265-269

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 271-289
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Success Syndrome

  • Book Subtitle: Hitting Bottom When You Reach The Top

  • Authors: Steven Berglas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6303-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Steven Berglas 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-42349-9Published: 01 January 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6303-1Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 289

  • Topics: Popular Science in Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counseling

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