Today Many American Corporations Spend A Great

Happiness Is Not Something That Happens ... It Does Not Depend On Outside Events, But, Rather, On How We Interpret Them.

Whether We Like It Or Not, Each Of Us Is Constrained By Limits On What We Can Do And Feel. To Ignore These Limits Leads To Denial And Eventually To Failure. To Achieve Excellence, We Must First Understand The Reality Of The Everyday, With All Its Demands

The Solution Is To Gradually Become Free Of Societal Rewards And Learn How To Substitute For Them Rewards That Are Under One's Own Powers. This Is Not To Say That We Should Abandon Every Goal Endorsed By Society; Rather, It Means That, In Addition To Or Instead Of The Goals Others Use To Bribe Us With, We Develop A Set Of Our Own.

Whatever The Composition Of A Firm, If It Is To Do Good Business It Should Be A Place Where Everyone Is Encouraged To Progress Toward Complexity- Or At The Very Least A Place That Does Not Make It More Difficult To Achieve Personal Growth.

To Overcome The Anxieties And Depressions Of Contemporary Life, Individuals Must Become Independent Of The Social Environment To The Degree That They No Longer Respond Exclusively In Terms Of Its Rewards And Punishments. To Achieve Such Autonomy, A Person Has To Learn To Provide Rewards To Herself. She Has To Develop The Ability To Find Enjoyment And Purpose Regardless Of External Circumstances.