Rush
Why You Need And Love The Rat Race
by Todd G. Buchholz

THINK YOU NEED TO GO ON VACATION?

THINK AGAIN.

We all think we will be happy when we finally have some downtime--when we can get away, disconnect, shut down. You may even daydream about withdrawing from the rat race full-time. What you don't know is that all that peace and quiet will ruin your state of mind. In this outrageous book, Todd Buchholz will convince you that what you really want is to chase your tail--even if you never catch it.

Weaving in entertaining stories and counterintuitive arguments gathered from a broad spectrum--neuroeconomics to evolutionary biology to Renaissance art to General Motors--Buchholz draws the collar-grabbing conclusion that the race to compete has not only made us taller and smarter, it's what we love and what we need. Among the book's many surprising 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, compelling, and full of surprises, Todd Buchholz shows that it's the race itself that literally delivers the rush and drives us forward, even if we never reach the finish line.

Copyright © 2011 Todd G. Buchholz, author of Rush: Why You Need and Love the Rat Race

Author Bio
Todd G. Buchholz, author of Rush: Why You Need and Love the Rat Race is a former White House director of economic policy, award-winning teacher at Harvard, managing director of the Tiger hedge fund, and was a fellow at Cambridge University in 2009. He is also a founder of Two Oceans Management, as well as coproducer of the Tony Awardwinning Broadway hit Jersey Boys. A regular contributor to NPR'sMarketplace, he appears monthly on PBS's Nightly Business Report and his book New Ideas from Dead Economists is used in universities throughout the world. Buchholz has also written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Reader's Digest. He lives with his wife and daughters in Southern California.

For more information please visit http://www.toddbuchholz.com and follow the author on Twitter

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