Summary of Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (579 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0725YQ2R1 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 399 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Please note: this is a summary and analysis of the book, and not the actual book.. Option B combines Sheryl's personal insights with Adam's eye-opening research on finding strength in the face of adversity. Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevereand to rediscover joy. It is a muscle that everyone can build. "I was in 'the void,'" she writes, "a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe." 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. After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. From Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals comes a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks. Beginning with the gut-wrenching moment when she finds her husband, Dave Goldberg, collapsed on a gym floor, Sheryl opens up her heart - and h
Great Way In Ken G. This was an effective summary to get the main thrust of the book (which I then bought with more confidence). Well done!