The achiever fever cure : how I learned to stop striving myself crazy

Claire Booth was a successful but stressed-out market research entrepreneur and executive suffering from what she calls "achiever fever", constant striving coupled with chronic feelings of inadequacy. Sick and tired of feeling miserable, self-help skeptic Booth decides to try anything that might bring relief, from mindfulness to martial arts, from spending ten days in silence to "smiling" at her spleen. At first, Booth is fearful that slowing dow...