Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment

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Drawing on their extensive studies in The Laboratory for the Science of the Individual at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the bestselling author of The End of Average and his research partner examine the flaws in the “standardized” path to achievement and reveal what we can learn from those who have blazed their own ways to success-iconoclasts known as Dark Horses.If you have ever felt like you just don’t fit, this book will change your life.Know your long-term goals, work hard (very, very hard), and stay the course in the face of all obstacles until you reach your goal. This is the commonly accepted formula for fulfilling goals and dreams. But what if wehave it exactly backwards? While this standard formula works for some it fails for far too many. Then there are those who buck the formula and triumph on their own terms. They are called dark horses. Researchers Todd Rose and Ogi Ogas have studied these dark horses, and in this groundbreaking book,use the experiences of these mavericks to demo