The Plight of Potential | Embracing Solitude in Millennial Life and Modern Work

Emerson Csorba

ISBN 10: 1783086572 / ISBN 13: 9781783086573

Published by Anthem Press, 2018

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The Plight of Potential | Embracing Solitude in Millennial Life and Modern Work | Emerson Csorba | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2018 | Anthem Press | EAN 9781783086573 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Plight of Potential | Embracing Solitude in Millennial Life and Modern Work
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783086572
• ISBN 13: 9781783086573
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 222W x 145H x 13D millimeters 222 millimeters width by 145 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 343 grams
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Synopsis

Having grown up in a hyperconnected world, millennials are pressured by a lingering feeling that no matter their achievements, they can always do more. Conventional wisdom suggests that individuals should create and maintain their “personal brands” and continuously improve themselves, so that they can compete in a world that favors the most entrepreneurial and networked. Exacerbating these pressures are endless millennial success stories and “best-of” lists, educational systems that increasingly view their primary roles as creating “adaptable” and “skilled” workers, and a growing belief that in order to succeed, individuals must position themselves strategically in a rapidly changing world. But these trends only promote anxiety and psychological fatigue, hindering the cultivation of a long view in lives and careers. Individuals are drawn away from themselves, losing the spaces for solitude that are necessary for honest selfunderstanding. In "The Plight of Potential", Emerson Csorba, blending scholarly research with first-hand experience based on his work on intergenerational engagement, discusses how millennials can recapture a sense of control in their lives through time and space for solitude. This requires that individuals sometimes resist pressures to constantly connect and share, and in place of this embrace their limitedness despite society’s emphasis on growth and potential.

About the Author

Emerson Csorba is president of Csorba & Company Ltd., where he leads projects involving social network analysis, intergenerational engagement and political campaign management. Born and raised in Canada, Csorba now lives in the United Kingdom, where he is a Clarendon Scholar at the University of Oxford.