Claire Booth was a successful but stressed-out market research entrepreneur and executive suffering from what she calls “achiever fever”—constant striving coupled with chronic feelings of inadequacy. Sick and tired of feeling miserable, Claire, a self-help skeptic, decided to try anything that might bring relief, from mindfulness to martial arts, from spending ten days in silence to “smiling” at her spleen. At first she was fearful that slowing down and softening up would mean losing her professional edge. Instead, she discovered a more joyful and purposeful life—one that also turns out to be good for business. Sharing her own experiences as well as those of other high-achieving professionals, this frank, funny and inspiring talk will help you find balance, stop measuring your self-worth by accomplishments, resist the need to have everything “under control,” and put your own achiever fever on ice.