According to a recent survey by
Burson-Marsteller, chief executive officers are unhappy. In fact, three out of
four CEOs have contemplated quitting their jobs. Of the 369 CEOs participating
in the study, 73 percent answered yes to the question, "Do you think about
quitting your job?" Reasons given for this dissatisfaction are all
stress-related.
This startling revelation is supported by the findings detailed by negotiation
expert Ed Brodow in his book Beating the Success Trap
.
Brodow describes how we have been brainwashed to acquire all the material
trappings of success, including high-powered jobs, big homes, and fast cars.
Then we wake up one day in middle age and experience one of two reactions:
"I have all this stuff, but I don't feel successful" or "I don't
feel successful because I don't have all this stuff." Either way, says
Brodow, the "success trap" leaves us feeling alienated, unfulfilled,
betrayed…and depressed.
"CEOs represent a classic example of people who have bought into the
success trap," says Brodow, "only to find a big let-down at the end
of the road." Using his own experiences and those of friends and
colleagues as examples, he provides a step-by-step method for how you can take
control of your destiny by challenging traditional notions of success. Brodow
explains:
- Why so many successful
people are miserable
- How different generations
are affected by the success trap
- How 9/11 has changed
society's perception of success
- Why being fired can be
the best thing that ever happened to you
- How you can create a
personal definition of success
Brodow is a personal testament to
escaping the clutches of the success trap. He was once a highly-paid sales
manager for a major computer manufacturer when he asked himself a defining
question: "What if your doctor told you that you have only six months to
live? How would you want to spend that time?" He realized that he was fed
up with the rat race and created his own definition of success: "Right
here, right now, you spend your time doing what is meaningful to you."
Quitting his button-down, corporate job, he became a movie and television
actor, and then a motivational speaker, and has never looked back.
Memo to CEOs: Read BEATING THE
SUCCESS TRAP
before it is too late!
Ed Brodow is a keynote speaker and author
of Beating the Success Trap: Negotiating Your Own Path to Success.
For more information on his presentations, call 831-372-7270
or e-mail ed@brodow.com.
Copyright © 2018 Ed Brodow. All rights reserved.
