Combining personal insights with research on finding strength in the face of adversity, the COO of Facebook and a top psychologist explore how to move beyond hardships, grief, and loss to persevere, build resilience, and rediscover joy.
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ISBN:9781524779658
ISBN:1524779652
ISBN:9781524779672
Physical Description:sound disc 5 audio discs (approximately 6 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher:New York, New York : Random House Audio, [2017]
Baker & Taylor From the Facebook COO and #1 New York Times best-selling author of Lean In, and the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Originals comes a book about finding resilience and moving forward after lifeâs inevitable setbacks. Simultaneous.
Baker & Taylor Combining personal insights with research on finding strength in the face of adversity, the COO of Facebook and a top psychologist explore how to move beyond hardships, grief, and loss to persevere, build resilience, and rediscover joy.
Random House, Inc. #1 New York Times Best Seller Named a Best Book of 2017 by Barnes & Noble and AmazonÂ
From Facebookâs COO and Whartonâs top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after lifeâs inevitable setbacks.  After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. âI was in âthe void,ââ she writes, âa vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe.â Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build. Option B combines Sherylâs personal insights with Adamâs eye-opening research on finding strength in the face of adversity. Beginning with the gut-wrenching moment when she finds her husband, Dave Goldberg, collapsed on a gym floor, Sheryl opens up her heartâand her journalâto describe the acute grief and isolation she felt in the wake of his death. But Option B goes beyond Sherylâs loss to explore how a broad range of people have overcome hardships including illness, job loss, sexual assault, natural disasters, and the violence of war. Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevere . . . and to rediscover joy. Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. Even after the most devastating events, it is possible to grow by finding deeper meaning and gaining greater appreciation in our lives. Option B illuminates how to help others in crisis, develop compassion for ourselves, raise strong children, and create resilient families, communities, and workplaces. Many of these lessons can be applied to everyday struggles, allowing us to brave whatever lies ahead. Two weeks after losing her husband, Sheryl was preparing for a father-child activity. âI want Dave,â she cried. Her friend replied, âOption A is not available,â and then promised to help her make the most of Option B. We all live some form of Option B. This book will help us all make the most of it.
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