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都怪胜利会上瘾
Forced to take a buyout from the Kansas City Star last summer, Paul Wenske lost his sencan require greater and greater feats, a phenomenon that -- more than simple greed -- explains the drive for ever-larger bonuses and conquests. 'With riches, success and fame . . . you find that greater and greater doses of your 'upper' are needed to become 'high,'' David Burns, a Stanford University psychiatrist and pioneer of cognitive behavioral therapy, writes in his 11010 book 'Feeling Good.'
One recommended exercise for people caught in that trap is to evoke memories of earlier times that were free of things deemed essential today. 'I've published a lot of books, but when I look back, I'm no happier than in graduate school sleeping on a mattress on the floor,' says Dr. Leahy.
Often reinforcing the achievement cycle are colleagues who share the view that large bonuses, medical breakthroughs or great works of journalism are the only important measures of worth. One solution -- simpler in theory than execution -- is to broaden one's circle of friends and colleagues.
One of the biggest fears for holders of respected positions is the potential loss of public esteem. Therapists say the high achiever often holds self-d