“I thought for a long time: is it capitalism, or is it my ambition? And I am a very ambitious person,” Mara Glatzel told me a couple of years ago. That distinction between the narratives of capitalism, individualism, and meritocracy on one side and the drive to create and excel on the other has stuck with me. There’s the compulsion to achieve born from external forces, and then there’s the profoundly human desire to make our mark on the world.
Managing Mental Health in the Achievement Society
Managing Mental Health in the Achievement…
Managing Mental Health in the Achievement Society
“I thought for a long time: is it capitalism, or is it my ambition? And I am a very ambitious person,” Mara Glatzel told me a couple of years ago. That distinction between the narratives of capitalism, individualism, and meritocracy on one side and the drive to create and excel on the other has stuck with me. There’s the compulsion to achieve born from external forces, and then there’s the profoundly human desire to make our mark on the world.