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💰 Class And Ambition

Stories of striving across social boundaries, where the hunger to rise collides with the structures designed to keep people in place. Ambition here is both engine and trap.
Martin Eden
by Jack London • 1909
A sailor meets a refined girl and destroys himself trying to become worthy of her love.
4.48
56k+
🔨 Working Class Fiction🏛️ Gilded Age Fiction💔 Doomed Ambition
Martin Eden Summary
Martin Eden 89%
A sailor meets a refined girl and destroys himself trying to become worthy of her love.
by Jack London 1909
4.48
56k+ ratings
🔨 Working Class Fiction🏛️ Gilded Age Fiction💔 Doomed Ambition
A Pelican Introduction
by Mike Savage • 2015
Three hidden currencies now define British class, and only one appears on a payslip.
4.06
546
🏛️ Class Analysis🇬🇧 British Society🎭 Cultural Capital
A Pelican Introduction Summary
A Pelican Introduction 89%
Three hidden currencies now define British class, and only one appears on a payslip.
by Mike Savage 2015
4.06
546 ratings
🏛️ Class Analysis🇬🇧 British Society🎭 Cultural Capital
The Stoic
by Theodore Dreiser • 1947
His empire crumbling, an American financier stakes everything on London and a much younger muse.
4.35
3k+
🏭 Naturalist Fiction💰 Gilded Age📈 Social Climbing
The Stoic Summary
The Stoic 88%
His empire crumbling, an American financier stakes everything on London and a much younger muse.
by Theodore Dreiser 1947
4.35
3k+ ratings
🏭 Naturalist Fiction💰 Gilded Age📈 Social Climbing
Lost Illusions
by Honoré de Balzac • 1843
Parisian journalism seduces a young poet, turning his talent into a weapon that destroys his family.
4.16
13k+
📖 French Realism🏰 19th Century France📰 Journalism Satire
Lost Illusions Summary
Lost Illusions 88%
Parisian journalism seduces a young poet, turning his talent into a weapon that destroys his family.
by Honoré de Balzac 1843
4.16
13k+ ratings
📖 French Realism🏰 19th Century France📰 Journalism Satire
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope
by Anthony Trollope • 1875
A foreign financier dazzles London, and the city's best families gamble their futures on his word.
4.09
14k+
📈 Financial Speculation🏛️ London Society💰 Fortune Hunter
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope Summary
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope 88%
A foreign financier dazzles London, and the city's best families gamble their futures on his word.
by Anthony Trollope 1875
4.09
14k+ ratings
📈 Financial Speculation🏛️ London Society💰 Fortune Hunter
Twilight of the Elites
by Christopher L. Hayes • 2012
Why meritocracy always becomes a rigged game, a distant elite, and a trust crisis.
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6k+
🏛️ Meritocracy Critique💰 Economic Inequality🏰 Elite Disconnect
Twilight of the Elites Summary
Twilight of the Elites 88%
Why meritocracy always becomes a rigged game, a distant elite, and a trust crisis.
by Christopher L. Hayes 2012
3.99
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Meritocracy Critique💰 Economic Inequality🏰 Elite Disconnect
The Tyranny of Merit
by Michael J. Sandel • 2020
Winning through talent was supposed to be just. It taught winners contempt and losers self-blame.
4.19
14k+
🏛️ Political Philosophy📈 Social Mobility📜 Credentialism
The Tyranny of Merit Summary
The Tyranny of Merit 88%
Winning through talent was supposed to be just. It taught winners contempt and losers self-blame.
by Michael J. Sandel 2020
4.19
14k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📈 Social Mobility📜 Credentialism
The Meritocracy Trap
by Daniel Markovits • 2019
The myth that talent determines success now drives inequality further than old money ever did.
3.83
2k+
🏦 Economic Inequality🏠 Class In America📊 Labor Market Polarization
The Meritocracy Trap Summary
The Meritocracy Trap 87%
The myth that talent determines success now drives inequality further than old money ever did.
by Daniel Markovits 2019
3.83
2k+ ratings
🏦 Economic Inequality🏠 Class In America📊 Labor Market Polarization
The Aristocracy of Talent
by Adrian Wooldridge • 2021
How talent beat inheritance: the 2,500-year rise of meritocracy, and why it now faces revolt.
3.88
531
🏆 Meritocracy📈 Social Mobility💡 History Of Ideas
The Aristocracy of Talent Summary
The Aristocracy of Talent 87%
How talent beat inheritance: the 2,500-year rise of meritocracy, and why it now faces revolt.
by Adrian Wooldridge 2021
3.88
531 ratings
🏆 Meritocracy📈 Social Mobility💡 History Of Ideas
A Class of Their Own
by Matthew Hammett Knott • 2022
The children had private jets. They needed a Cambridge graduate to do their homework.
3.61
376
🎓 Elite Education💰 Wealth Inequality👔 Class Memoir
A Class of Their Own Summary
A Class of Their Own 87%
The children had private jets. They needed a Cambridge graduate to do their homework.
by Matthew Hammett Knott 2022
3.61
376 ratings
🎓 Elite Education💰 Wealth Inequality👔 Class Memoir
Coming Apart
by Charles Murray • 2012
Post-1963, the working class unraveled while a new elite sealed itself away.
3.81
6k+
🧱 Class Divide📉 Cultural Decline🤝 Social Capital
Coming Apart Summary
Coming Apart 87%
Post-1963, the working class unraveled while a new elite sealed itself away.
by Charles Murray 2012
3.81
6k+ ratings
🧱 Class Divide📉 Cultural Decline🤝 Social Capital
Chavs
by Owen Jones • 2011
The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.
4.08
11k+
🇬🇧 British Class Politics🏷️ Class Prejudice🏭 Deindustrialization
Chavs Summary
Chavs 87%
The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.
by Owen Jones 2011
4.08
11k+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Class Politics🏷️ Class Prejudice🏭 Deindustrialization
Père Goriot
by Honoré de Balzac • 1997
In a Paris boarding house, a student learns ambition's cost from a ruined father and criminal.
3.85
69k+
🎭 Realist Novel🇫🇷 19th Century Paris😈 Corrupt Mentor
Père Goriot Summary
Père Goriot 87%
In a Paris boarding house, a student learns ambition's cost from a ruined father and criminal.
by Honoré de Balzac 1997
3.85
69k+ ratings
🎭 Realist Novel🇫🇷 19th Century Paris😈 Corrupt Mentor
Trading Up
by Candace Bushnell • 2003
A model marries a CEO, seduces a billionaire, and owes a debt to a vengeful producer.
3.28
21k+
🪜 Social Climbing👠 Ambitious Anti-Heroine🏙️ Manhattan Elite
Trading Up Summary
Trading Up 87%
A model marries a CEO, seduces a billionaire, and owes a debt to a vengeful producer.
by Candace Bushnell 2003
3.28
21k+ ratings
🪜 Social Climbing👠 Ambitious Anti-Heroine🏙️ Manhattan Elite
WASPS
by Michael Knox Beran • 2021
The WASPs had everything except wholeness. Their long pursuit of it built America, then broke them.
3.46
126
🏛️ American Aristocracy💰 Old Money🎩 Gilded Age
WASPS Summary
WASPS 87%
The WASPs had everything except wholeness. Their long pursuit of it built America, then broke them.
by Michael Knox Beran 2021
3.46
126 ratings
🏛️ American Aristocracy💰 Old Money🎩 Gilded Age
The Spirit Level
by Richard G. Wilkinson • 2009
Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.
4.13
7k+
💸 Income Inequality🏥 Public Health🤝 Social Trust
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level 87%
Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009
4.13
7k+ ratings
💸 Income Inequality🏥 Public Health🤝 Social Trust
Bel-Ami
by Guy de Maupassant • 1885
Georges Duroy has no money and no morals, just the most useful face in Paris.
3.86
50k+
🖋️ French Realism🪜 Social Climbing😈 Amoral Protagonist
Bel-Ami Summary
Bel-Ami 87%
Georges Duroy has no money and no morals, just the most useful face in Paris.
by Guy de Maupassant 1885
3.86
50k+ ratings
🖋️ French Realism🪜 Social Climbing😈 Amoral Protagonist
The 9.9 Percent
by Matthew Stewart • 2021
The one percent took the wealth. The class beneath them supplied the alibis.
3.67
413
🏦 Wealth Inequality🇺🇸 American Class System🎭 Meritocracy Critique
The 9.9 Percent Summary
The 9.9 Percent 87%
The one percent took the wealth. The class beneath them supplied the alibis.
by Matthew Stewart 2021
3.67
413 ratings
🏦 Wealth Inequality🇺🇸 American Class System🎭 Meritocracy Critique
Bobos in Paradise
by David Brooks • 2000
Why the new elite spends fortunes on kitchen stoves but despises luxury cars.
3.62
5k+
🏛️ American Elites📊 Class Analysis🎭 Cultural Capital
Bobos in Paradise Summary
Bobos in Paradise 87%
Why the new elite spends fortunes on kitchen stoves but despises luxury cars.
by David Brooks 2000
3.62
5k+ ratings
🏛️ American Elites📊 Class Analysis🎭 Cultural Capital
Status Anxiety
by Alain de Botton • 2004
Why you care what others think: not weakness, but modern life working as designed.
3.89
22k+
🏛️ Cultural Criticism📊 Social Status👀 Social Comparison
Status Anxiety Summary
Status Anxiety 87%
Why you care what others think: not weakness, but modern life working as designed.
by Alain de Botton 2004
3.89
22k+ ratings
🏛️ Cultural Criticism📊 Social Status👀 Social Comparison
The Winner-Take-All Society
by Robert H. Frank • 1995
Why a narrow edge now pays millions across every profession, and what we can do about it.
3.70
257
📉 Income Inequality🌟 Superstar Economics🏁 Positional Arms Races
The Winner-Take-All Society Summary
The Winner-Take-All Society 87%
Why a narrow edge now pays millions across every profession, and what we can do about it.
by Robert H. Frank 1995
3.70
257 ratings
📉 Income Inequality🌟 Superstar Economics🏁 Positional Arms Races
Where We Stand
by bell hooks • 2000
Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.
4.24
3k+
🤝 Intersectional Feminism🏛️ Class Analysis✊🏾 Black Feminism
Where We Stand Summary
Where We Stand 87%
Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.
by bell hooks 2000
4.24
3k+ ratings
🤝 Intersectional Feminism🏛️ Class Analysis✊🏾 Black Feminism
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles • 2011
A sharp Brooklyn secretary navigates 1938 Manhattan high society after one New Year's encounter.
4.09
273k+
🪜 Social Climbing💔 Love Triangle💪 Self-Made Woman
Rules of Civility Summary
Rules of Civility 87%
A sharp Brooklyn secretary navigates 1938 Manhattan high society after one New Year's encounter.
by Amor Towles 2011
4.09
273k+ ratings
🪜 Social Climbing💔 Love Triangle💪 Self-Made Woman
Ain't No Makin' It
by Jay MacLeod • 2008
One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.
4.07
1k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Sociology⚖️ Class Inequality
Ain't No Makin' It Summary
Ain't No Makin' It 87%
One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.
by Jay MacLeod 2008
4.07
1k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Sociology⚖️ Class Inequality
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy
by Mark Hodkinson • 2022
One book in his house growing up. Now he owns 3,500 and publishes his own.
3.74
688
🏭 Working Class Literature📚 Bibliophilia🎓 Autodidact Stories
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy Summary
No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy 87%
One book in his house growing up. Now he owns 3,500 and publishes his own.
by Mark Hodkinson 2022
3.74
688 ratings
🏭 Working Class Literature📚 Bibliophilia🎓 Autodidact Stories
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
by Mohsin Hamid • 2013
You claw your way out of poverty selling bottled water in a city that rewards ruthlessness.
3.82
24k+
🖋️ Literary Satire🫵 Second Person💰 Rags To Riches
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Summary
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia 87%
You claw your way out of poverty selling bottled water in a city that rewards ruthlessness.
by Mohsin Hamid 2013
3.82
24k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Satire🫵 Second Person💰 Rags To Riches
Anointed
by Toby Stuart • 2025
Why a Rembrandt sells for millions and the same painting by an unknown does not.
3.48
150
🏆 Social Status📊 Inequality Studies🧠 Cognitive Shortcuts
Anointed Summary
Anointed 87%
Why a Rembrandt sells for millions and the same painting by an unknown does not.
by Toby Stuart 2025
3.48
150 ratings
🏆 Social Status📊 Inequality Studies🧠 Cognitive Shortcuts
White Collar
by C. Wright Mills • 1951
Shop to office: the middle class got a salary, borrowed status, and a personality for sale.
4.04
269
🏢 Class Analysis⚙️ Work Alienation🗃️ Bureaucracy Critique
White Collar Summary
White Collar 87%
Shop to office: the middle class got a salary, borrowed status, and a personality for sale.
by C. Wright Mills 1951
4.04
269 ratings
🏢 Class Analysis⚙️ Work Alienation🗃️ Bureaucracy Critique
Hillbilly Elegy
by J.D. Vance • 2016
Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.
3.83
508k+
⛰️ Appalachian Memoir🏭 White Working Class🧸 Childhood Adversity
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
Hillbilly Elegy 87%
Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.
by J.D. Vance 2016
3.83
508k+ ratings
⛰️ Appalachian Memoir🏭 White Working Class🧸 Childhood Adversity
The Trouble with Diversity
by Walter Benn Michaels • 2006
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
3.59
516
🏛️ Class Politics💸 Economic Inequality🏷️ Identity Politics
The Trouble with Diversity Summary
The Trouble with Diversity 87%
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
by Walter Benn Michaels 2006
3.59
516 ratings
🏛️ Class Politics💸 Economic Inequality🏷️ Identity Politics
Below Stairs
by Margaret Powell • 1968
She cooked their banquets in early 1900s England, and they forgot she existed.
3.58
15k+
🧹 Domestic Service👷 Working Class Memoir🇬🇧 British Social History
Below Stairs Summary
Below Stairs 87%
She cooked their banquets in early 1900s England, and they forgot she existed.
by Margaret Powell 1968
3.58
15k+ ratings
🧹 Domestic Service👷 Working Class Memoir🇬🇧 British Social History
The Vicar of Wakefield
by Oliver Goldsmith • 1766
When fortune deserts a vicar, a rakish landlord's charm lures his daughters into peril.
3.46
11k+
🕯️ Sentimental Novel🌿 Rural Simplicity🪜 Social Climbing
The Vicar of Wakefield Summary
The Vicar of Wakefield 87%
When fortune deserts a vicar, a rakish landlord's charm lures his daughters into peril.
by Oliver Goldsmith 1766
3.46
11k+ ratings
🕯️ Sentimental Novel🌿 Rural Simplicity🪜 Social Climbing
All That Life Can Afford
by Emily Everett • 2025
An American tutor in London slips into a wealthy family's world, borrowing their life like a dress.
3.63
38k+
🪜 Social Climbing🤔 Imposter Syndrome🎭 Double Life
All That Life Can Afford Summary
All That Life Can Afford 87%
An American tutor in London slips into a wealthy family's world, borrowing their life like a dress.
by Emily Everett 2025
3.63
38k+ ratings
🪜 Social Climbing🤔 Imposter Syndrome🎭 Double Life
Money Changes Everything
by Jenny Offill • 2007
Twenty-two writers reveal what money did to their marriages, their morals, and their sense of self.
3.52
182
💰 Money And Morality🏛️ Class In America😰 Financial Anxiety
Money Changes Everything Summary
Money Changes Everything 87%
Twenty-two writers reveal what money did to their marriages, their morals, and their sense of self.
by Jenny Offill 2007
3.52
182 ratings
💰 Money And Morality🏛️ Class In America😰 Financial Anxiety
The Red and the Black
by Stendhal • 2002
In Restoration France, a carpenter's son uses seduction to climb a ladder built to break him.
3.86
86k+
🧠 Psychological Realism📜 Restoration France📈 Social Climbing
The Red and the Black Summary
The Red and the Black 87%
In Restoration France, a carpenter's son uses seduction to climb a ladder built to break him.
by Stendhal 2002
3.86
86k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Realism📜 Restoration France📈 Social Climbing
Class and Class Conflict In Industrial Society
by Ralf Dahrendorf • 1959
The engine of class conflict is not property. It's authority. And even socialism couldn't touch it.
4.02
45
🔥 Conflict Theory📊 Class Analysis📚 Weberian Sociology
Class and Class Conflict In Industrial Society Summary
Class and Class Conflict In Industrial Society 87%
The engine of class conflict is not property. It's authority. And even socialism couldn't touch it.
by Ralf Dahrendorf 1959
4.02
45 ratings
🔥 Conflict Theory📊 Class Analysis📚 Weberian Sociology
The Matthew Effect
by Daniel Rigney • 2010
Why a small head start in science, money, or the classroom rarely stays small.
3.65
46
🏛️ Inequality Studies📈 Cumulative Advantage💰 Wealth Concentration
The Matthew Effect Summary
The Matthew Effect 87%
Why a small head start in science, money, or the classroom rarely stays small.
by Daniel Rigney 2010
3.65
46 ratings
🏛️ Inequality Studies📈 Cumulative Advantage💰 Wealth Concentration
The Years That Matter Most
by Paul Tough • 2019
Getting into an elite college depends more on your parents’ income than your SAT score.
4.39
2k+
🎓 Higher Education📝 College Admissions📈 Social Mobility
The Years That Matter Most Summary
The Years That Matter Most 87%
Getting into an elite college depends more on your parents’ income than your SAT score.
by Paul Tough 2019
4.39
2k+ ratings
🎓 Higher Education📝 College Admissions📈 Social Mobility
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw • 1913
A linguist wagers he can make a duchess of a flower girl; she makes herself free.
3.88
111k+
🎭 Class Satire🗣️ Language And Identity🕰️ Edwardian London
Pygmalion Summary
Pygmalion 87%
A linguist wagers he can make a duchess of a flower girl; she makes herself free.
by George Bernard Shaw 1913
3.88
111k+ ratings
🎭 Class Satire🗣️ Language And Identity🕰️ Edwardian London
Workhorse
by Caroline Palmer • 2025
At a glossy magazine, an ambitious outsider borrows the insiders' clothes and codes. The debt grows.
3.56
12k+
🏢 Magazine World💼 Workplace Fiction🪜 Social Climbing
Workhorse Summary
Workhorse 87%
At a glossy magazine, an ambitious outsider borrows the insiders' clothes and codes. The debt grows.
by Caroline Palmer 2025
3.56
12k+ ratings
🏢 Magazine World💼 Workplace Fiction🪜 Social Climbing
Poverty Safari
by Darren McGarvey • 2017
Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.
4.01
7k+
🏚️ Urban Poverty📊 Class Analysis💊 Addiction And Recovery
Poverty Safari Summary
Poverty Safari 86%
Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.
by Darren McGarvey 2017
4.01
7k+ ratings
🏚️ Urban Poverty📊 Class Analysis💊 Addiction And Recovery
Categorically Unequal
by Douglas S. Massey • 2007
America engineered its inequality: sort people into categories, then rig the rules.
4.24
134
📊 Social Stratification🔀 Race And Class🏛️ Political Economy
Categorically Unequal Summary
Categorically Unequal 86%
America engineered its inequality: sort people into categories, then rig the rules.
by Douglas S. Massey 2007
4.24
134 ratings
📊 Social Stratification🔀 Race And Class🏛️ Political Economy
Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2008
Success is not a solo act: birth timing, cultural legacies, and hidden practice determine who rises.
4.19
874k+
🎭 Success Fallacy🏋️ Deliberate Practice📈 Cumulative Advantage
Outliers Summary
Outliers 86%
Success is not a solo act: birth timing, cultural legacies, and hidden practice determine who rises.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2008
4.19
874k+ ratings
🎭 Success Fallacy🏋️ Deliberate Practice📈 Cumulative Advantage
The Velvet Rope Economy
by Nelson D. Schwartz • 2020
From fast passes to private firefighters, a new tier of everything is carving society in two.
4.08
1k+
💰 Income Inequality🏛️ Class Stratification✨ Luxury Marketing
The Velvet Rope Economy Summary
The Velvet Rope Economy 86%
From fast passes to private firefighters, a new tier of everything is carving society in two.
by Nelson D. Schwartz 2020
4.08
1k+ ratings
💰 Income Inequality🏛️ Class Stratification✨ Luxury Marketing
Plutocrats
by Chrystia Freeland • 2012
The new global elite earned its billions. The system isn't fairer; it's more fragile.
3.61
3k+
💰 Income Inequality🌍 Global Elites🏆 Superstar Economy
Plutocrats Summary
Plutocrats 86%
The new global elite earned its billions. The system isn't fairer; it's more fragile.
by Chrystia Freeland 2012
3.61
3k+ ratings
💰 Income Inequality🌍 Global Elites🏆 Superstar Economy
Outclassed
by Joan C. Williams • 2025
The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.
4.20
248
👷 Class Politics🇺🇸 American Populism📢 Political Messaging
Outclassed Summary
Outclassed 86%
The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.
by Joan C. Williams 2025
4.20
248 ratings
👷 Class Politics🇺🇸 American Populism📢 Political Messaging
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
by Christopher Lasch • 1995
Democracy is threatened not by the masses but by an elite that has abandoned the public square.
3.95
2k+
🇺🇸 American Democracy🏛️ Class Divide🎓 Meritocracy Critique
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy 86%
Democracy is threatened not by the masses but by an elite that has abandoned the public square.
by Christopher Lasch 1995
3.95
2k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Democracy🏛️ Class Divide🎓 Meritocracy Critique
Plutocracy in America
by Ronald P. Formisano • 2015
How the wealthy captured democracy, rewrote the rules, and left the middle class with the bill.
4.05
21
🏦 Wealth Inequality📉 Middle Class Decline💰 Campaign Finance
Plutocracy in America Summary
Plutocracy in America 86%
How the wealthy captured democracy, rewrote the rules, and left the middle class with the bill.
by Ronald P. Formisano 2015
4.05
21 ratings
🏦 Wealth Inequality📉 Middle Class Decline💰 Campaign Finance
Success and Luck
by Robert H. Frank • 2016
The luck you won't acknowledge is the public good you refuse to pay for.
3.70
1k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🎭 Meritocracy Critique🔍 Cognitive Biases
Success and Luck Summary
Success and Luck 86%
The luck you won't acknowledge is the public good you refuse to pay for.
by Robert H. Frank 2016
3.70
1k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🎭 Meritocracy Critique🔍 Cognitive Biases
The Success Myth
by Emma Gannon • 2023
Productivity, the dream job, the finish line: what if the whole success script was wrong?
3.99
686
🎯 Redefining Success⏳ Hustle Culture Critique🌊 Emotional Diversity
The Success Myth Summary
The Success Myth 86%
Productivity, the dream job, the finish line: what if the whole success script was wrong?
by Emma Gannon 2023
3.99
686 ratings
🎯 Redefining Success⏳ Hustle Culture Critique🌊 Emotional Diversity
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