Odyssey Magazine Issue 4 | Page 68

reviews The Failure of Success: Redefining what Matters Jennifer Kavanagh John Hurt Publishing • 978 1 7809 9765 0 SIMPLE: Conquering the Crisis of Complexity Alan Siegel & Irene Etzkorn Twelve Publishers • 978 1 4555 0966 9 The concepts of success and failure are embedded in our culture, but how real are they? From a wide range of answers and her own experience, Kavanagh explores some of the stereotypes on which these concepts are based, and reveals what people feel really matters in their lives. There is a growing acceptance that failure can not only lead to success but can open us to profound change. If we let go of the quest for individual perfection, and accept what is, our lives and relationships will be enriched. If we let go of: our judgemental behaviour, we will no longer view life in terms o