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STRIVERS – BALANCING SUCCESS AND MEANING By Prof. Upasana A. Agarwal, Arvind N. Agrawal & Usha Sunderarajan
Through intimate narratives spanning different stages of life and career, Strivers captures the evolution of ambition itself. The book looks at how people respond when carefully constructed plans collide with unexpected setbacks, personal loss, changing priorities and the realities of leadership. It also explores the tension between who we are expected to become and who we eventually choose to be.
A prestigious degree. A powerful position. Financial independence. Recognition. Influence.
For many of the world’s most accomplished professionals and entrepreneurs, these milestones mark not the end of the journey, but the beginning of a more difficult question: What now?
Strivers explores this question through the deeply personal stories of twenty-eight high achievers, all graduates of some of the world’s most prestigious institutions, including the Indian Institutes of Management Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta, the Indian School of Business, INSEAD and Harvard University.
Drawing on extensive life-history interviews, the book moves beyond résumés and LinkedIn profiles to examine the people behind remarkable careers, their ambitions and anxieties, failures and reinventions, relationships and responsibilities, and the moments that forced them to reconsider what they were striving towards.
Through intimate narratives spanning different stages of life and career, Strivers captures the evolution of ambition itself. The book looks at how people respond when carefully constructed plans collide with unexpected setbacks, personal loss, changing priorities and the realities of leadership. It also explores the tension between who we are expected to become and who we eventually choose to be.