在崇尚積極性、企圖心，標舉各種成功故事的時代，你是否可能野心上癮？

有企圖心是幸運的，因為企圖心是驅策人實現願望、成就夢想的關鍵動力。然而對許多人而言，成就、成功卻似乎永遠不夠。身處崇尚名聲、追逐名流的文化裡，極度渴望讚揚、征服與主宰的欲望可能將人淹沒，失去自我，甚至傷害你的個人生活。這種為了成功不計任何代價、如影隨形的強烈渴望，便是野心上癮。

本書作者Benjamin Shalva從小生長於繁榮富庶的都會郊區，擁有多個高等學歷，是自由作家、猶太拉比、冥想與瑜伽教師。他的收入足以不受朝九晚五捆綁，得以自由分配時間，從容享受生活樂趣。表面上看來，他已經是令人稱羨的人生勝利組，然而過去將近四十年，他的腦中曾持續播放著更輝煌的人生想像，為永不饜足的野心慾望折磨。

《野心上癮》（Ambition Addiction）這一本發人深省的小書，便是寫給同樣希望不為過度的企圖心所害，活得平衡踏實的人的禮物。作者首先帶領讀者辨識野心上癮的跡象與徵狀，透過為人熟知的成功人士的故事，幫助讀者認識不健康的動機可能導致的後果。接著，他提供五個步驟和建議，分享如何懷抱健康、具建設性的企圖心，實現有意義的生活，宏大但不切實際的幻夢不再張牙舞爪，你將能看見此時、此刻的真正幸福。

目次
Introduction
Part I: Ambition Addiction
Making a Diagnosis
Dying to Win
Burning Bridges
Building the Pyramids
Part II: The Road to Recovery
Step One – Slow Down
Step Two – Enjoy
Step Three – Give Thanks
Step Four – Donate Time
Step Five – Dream Anew
Afterword

Benjamin Shalva is a writer, rabbi, yoga instructor, meditation teacher, and musician. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and received rabbinical ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. His writing has been published in The Washington Post, Elephant Journal and Spirituality & Health Magazine. Ben teaches Spiritual Cross-Training seminars and workshops nationally and internationally, and serves on the rabbinic faculty of the Jewish Mindfulness Center of Washington DC. He lives in Reston, Virginia with his wife and their children.

“There’s the life you and I think we want. That’s a sickness, really, and one that Ambition Addiction diagnoses thoroughly yet entertainingly. Then there’s another life, a real, genuine, truly joyful life of service that you and I can lead. It’s right here, right now—all it takes is the knowledge and presence of mind to face some very real facts. Shalva's book is bracing medicine for those of us caught up in the stress and hunger and busyness of this fast, fast world.” —Waylon Lewis, founder of Elephant Journal

“In Ambition Addiction, Benjamin Shalva has written a simple, practical, and often profound guide for all of us struggling to check the oversized fantasies prowling around our heads and re-engage with the real life passing us by below. It's honest, humorous, sincere, and, most of all a wonderful tool for self-reflection.” —Benjamin Lorr, author of Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga