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We think we will be happy when we have some downtime-when we can finally go on vacation, disconnect, shut down. But in this provocative book, Todd Buchholz will convince you that what you really want is to chase your tail-even if you never catch it. Weaving in everything from neuroeconomics to evolutionary biology to renaissance art to General Motors, Buchholz will convince you that the race to compete has not only made us taller and smarter, it's what we love and need. Among the book's many counterintuitive takeaways are: * Put off retirement-it can make you stupid. * We all need to be control freaks. * In-house competition is actually great for morale. * Never let the ninth place team take home a trophy. Witty, breezy, and very funny, Todd Buchholz shows that it's the race itself that literally delivers the rush, even if we never reach the finish line.
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Former White House economic advisor, managing director of the legendary Tiger hedge fund, and winner of Harvard's annual teaching prize. Buchholz is a co-producer of the Broadway smash Jersey Boys and the co-writer of the new musical Glory Ride, which will be produced in London in 2017. He frequently appears on TV and radio on PBS, NPR, Fox, CNBC, Charlie Rose, and Bill Maher. Buchholz was named "One of the 21 Top Speakers for the 21st Century" by Successful Meetings magazine and recently gave a speech to two thousand people in LA as the warmup act for Jay Leno. He is passionate about education and has patented the Math Arrow, which makes numbers intuitive to children and is available as a poster on Amazon (goo.gl/4PoVLL) . His iPad math games Kyle Counts and Kira Counting Game, can be found at the AppStore (https://goo.gl/sjIOMm) . Buchholz blogs at www.toddbuchholz.com and tweets @EconTodd
