Question: I grew up in a western country raised in a western atmosphere with a western mentality. I'm talking things like the pyramid of needs and how apparently self-gratification and personal success are the highest on the checklist. I grew up with an attitude that stressed individuality above everything else, self-accomplishment as the most important trait of a person, and everything under it (money, fame, finance, cars, houses, etc). When I started practicing Buddhism, I began to look into the nature of the "self" and the ego, and now it seems to me like there is an inner cultural conflict.

What does Buddhism say about success and accomplishment in life? It seems on one hand you have an absolute western mentality about achievement and individual strength and standing out from all others as an ultimate success. On the other, Buddhism and a lot of eastern cultures traditionaly emphasize humility, selflesness, and non-attachment to one's ego. 

Thank you all~.

Answer: 
This is an old question, but just popped up at the beginning of my feed.

I am not sure about a handout, but the book on the subject by Alan Wallace is ***The Seven-Point Mind Training: A Tibetan Method For Cultivating Mind And Heart***

The kindle or paperback is available on Amazon.
[there are texts here on lojong](https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/mind-training)
Dr. Berzin is a guru of a tibetan Mahayana lineage and offers lojong training on his website under Tibetan Mind training. There are also audio files for the mind training lectures on his Soundcloud Study Buddhism.