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This self-help book is based on the studies of Rene Girard, who I first read about in Elif Batuman's book The Possessed. While I am not a big fan of this genre, the relevance of the book may be based on my own stage in life. I recently retired and have finished raising two sons, so it's a time for reflection. I have read the criticism of the book, so here is my response. Luke Burgis works in the high tech industry which I also worked in. We were constantly inundated with team building and leadership training ad nauseam. The value in this book is in it's extreme relevance compared to the wagonload of crap we were force fed. I am an INFJ by the way, the Advocate on the Myers Briggs personality (so I am advocating for Mr Burgis). The themes of the book is also very Jewish. Girard's theories on scapegoating are based on Leviticus in the Torah, a story I know very well as it was my older son's parashat for his bar mitzvah. The competition between brothers is also another theme, and that's all through the Torah starting with Cain and Abel. The author also quotes Rabbi Jonathan Sacks about what spirituality means (see my notes) and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry about workplace motivation.This is some wordly stuff for the workplace compared to "Who Moved My Cheese?" I recommend reading this book as well as Girard's books. I feel like this subject has brought new insight to my outlook on life as well as my reading.