Reclaiming the Fire (Book Review)

How Successful People Overcome Burnout Random House, $25.95

If your great success has not made you happy, Reclaiming the Fire may help. Author Steven Berglas, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and adjunct faculty member at Harvard Medical School, has a special interest in success-induced malaise (see Psychology Today, April 1989), the doldrums some people experience after achieving lifelong goals. There are, Berglas teaches, other reasons for climbing a mountain besides getting to the top, and identifying these goals can restore joy.