Abstract
As a consultant to executives stressed by success, I have learned more and more about why certain individuals succeed in business. Though this book is not written as a “how-to” manual for success-seekers, this chapter will recount the fundamental lessons I learned regarding the acquisition of success. The goal of this exercise will be to identify why some people can and do accept success when it becomes available and why others, who fall victim to The Success Syndrome, cannot.
A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror, that confidence of success that often induces real success.
Sigmund Freud
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Berglas, S. (1986). How to Feel Successful. In: The Success Syndrome. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6303-1_4
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