Compelled to Achieve Finding Balance Between Success and Excess

We are a society that applauds drivenness. The slogan admonishes "be all that you can be." But this you-can-have-it-all attitude can become a harmful compulsion. Doctors Helfelt, Minirth, and Meier offer a compelling look at drivenness-gone-bad, sharing ground-breaking insight to prevent positive behaviors from becoming addictions. They share a profile of behaviors that often develop into compulsions: speculative investing and risk-taking; perfectionism in work and play; a desire to "keep up with the Joneses" materially; and obsessive dieting, exercise programs, or cosmetic surgeries. Ironically, these are characteristics of top performers. But it is when we have a mistaken notion that mastery of these behaviors will meet our emotional hungers or offer deep personal satisfaction that it becomes a compulsion-and it becomes a threat to our mental well-being and even our health. Compelled to Achieve helps readers identify their compulsive drives and suggests touchstones for living a life of balance-where compulsions are tapered to positive behaviors worthy of applause.Hemfelt, Robert is the author of 'Compelled to Achieve Finding Balance Between Success and Excess' with ISBN 9780785262480 and ISBN 0785262482.