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Resilience in the Face of Adversity

Author : Margaret Ellen Mayo Tolbert
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1504331982
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Resilience in the Face of Adversity written by Margaret Ellen Mayo Tolbert and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her revealing autobiography, Dr. Tolbert describes how she overcame the obstacles that threatened to derail her aspirations for a sound education and professional career. From humble beginnings—surrounded by dirt roads and segregated schools, left orphaned and penniless at an early age—she chose a path of hard work and diligent study that lifted her out of poverty, despair, and ignorance. In an era of tense race relations, and despite numerous stumbling blocks, Dr. Tolbert rose to prominence as an African-American scientist, educator, and administrator—often in positions traditionally held by males. She eventually became: • The first African-American female to serve as director of the nation’s New Brunswick Laboratory. • The first African-American female appointed director of education at Argonne National Laboratory. • The first female to serve as director of the Carver Research Foundation of Tuskegee Institute. • One of six African-American senior executives at the National Science Foundation. • The second African-American to graduate from Brown University with a doctorate in biochemistry. • The first member of the Mayo family of Suffolk, Virginia, to earn a doctoral degree. Her journey, however, was no “crystal stair.” In publishing her tale, Dr. Tolbert affirms our human ability to survive the unexpected, rally against adversity, and charge ahead on a path to personal accomplishment. She is a strong role model with an inspirational message for others struggling against overwhelming odds.

Bounce Back!

Author : Karen Salmansohn
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 076114627X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Bounce Back! written by Karen Salmansohn and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2008-05-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The very act of reading it makes you feel happier.” - A.J. Jacobs A bad breakup. A serious illness. The loss of a job. Life has a habit of throwing people curveballs. To which Karen Salmansohn says: “When life throws you curveballs, hit them out of the park.” Bounce Back! mixes from-the-gut wisdom with humor, feistiness, and sophistication, in a hip, inspiring resource that will brighten the darkest mood. The book is grounded in happiness research, psychological studies, Greek philosophy. And it delivers: Here are 70 easily digestible, potentially life-changing tips on how to bounce back from adversity, each on a spread that's as punchy in look as it is powerful in message. Shrink negativity into nuggetivity. Think of yourself as the type of person the world says yes to. With its attitude, techniques, and advice on everything from exercise to staying connected, plus charming illustration and photography and a bold design, Bounce Back! is a full-on guide to moving forward with great positive energy. "Salmansohn's writing is bold, playful, insightful—with powerful metaphors that provoke and inspire. Her kinetic images amplify her message and take the book to a new level of literary experience." - Deepak Chopra, author of Seven Laws of Spiritual Success

Families Count

Author : Alison Clarke-Stewart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139450689
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Families Count written by Alison Clarke-Stewart and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-13 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with the question of how families matter in young people's development - a question of obvious interest and importance to a wide range of readers, which has serious policy implication. A series of key current topics concerning families are examined by the top international scholars in the field, including the key risks affecting children, individual differences in their resilience, links between families and peers, the connections between parental work and children's family lives, the impact of childcare, divorce, and parental separation, grandparents, and new family forms such as lesbian and surrogate mother families. The latest research findings are brought together with discussion of policy issues raised.

Courage to Thrive

Author : Stephen Trudeau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996613606
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book Courage to Thrive written by Stephen Trudeau and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Courage to Thrive is a unique and fresh approach to personal growth and development. Dr. Trudeau synthesizes academic theory with deeply personal stories. Our traumas and hurts contribute to our erroneous beliefs. We must eliminate maladaptive strategies and employ adaptive strategies. Triumph over adversity takes Courage.

How to Deal with Adversity

Author : Dr. Christopher Hamilton
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1250059011
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book How to Deal with Adversity written by Dr. Christopher Hamilton and published by Picador. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SCHOOL OF LIFE IS DEDICATED TO EXPLORING LIFE'S BIG QUESTIONS IN HIGHLY-PORTABLE PAPERBACKS, FEATURING FRENCH FLAPS AND DECKLE EDGES, THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS "DAMNABLY CUTE." WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT WE WILL DIRECT YOU TOWARDS A VARIETY OF USEFUL IDEAS THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO STIMULATE, PROVOKE, AND CONSOLE. AN INSPIRATIONAL, ENTERTAINING, AND INSTRUCTIVE GUIDE ON WHAT TO DO WHEN FACED WITH ADVERSITY AND HOW TO DERIVE MEANING FROM IT No matter how insulated we are by wealth or friends, we can all expect to undergo some form of loss, failure, or disappointment. The common reaction is to bear it as best we can—some do this better than others—and move on with life. Dr. Christopher Hamilton proposes a different response to adversity. Focusing on the arenas of family, love, illness, and death, he explores constructive ways to deal with adversity and embrace it to derive unique insight into our condition. In How to Deal with Adversity, offering examples from history, literature, and science, Hamilton suggests how we might recognize it as a precious source of enlightenment, shaping our very existence.

Churchill on Leadership

Author : Steven F. Hayward
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0761514406
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Churchill on Leadership written by Steven F. Hayward and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Success often depends on the strength of a single quality: leadership. Winston Churchill is universally recognized as one of the 20th century's great political leaders and his words ring just as true in the world of commerce. A wise, witty, and inspiring leader, Churchill ran Great Britain like a great corporation. "Perhaps the finest book on practical leadership ever written." — Brian Tracy Churchill on Leadership demonstrates that the principles that guided Churchill ably translate to private industry today. Author Steven F. Hayward gives strong evidence that, if you remove Churchill from his political context, he would have the resume to be among the great business leaders of any age. Churchill: • was a financier (as chancellor of the Exechequer) and labor negotiator (as home secretary) • managed a large transportation network (as head of the British Navy) and far-flung property holdings (as colonial secretary) • persevered through bankruptcies and other financial disasters • conceived and introduced innovative new products over the opposition of his colleagues, and reorganized major production operations in the midst of crisis. With wit and insight, Hayward reveals Churchill's secrets for business success from assembling and inspiring a first-rate team to preparing a wise budget, from communicating a vision to structuring effective meetings, from acting decisively to rebounding from a failure. Laced with epochal events from the historical stage, enlivened with stimulating speculation, and leavened with wit, Churchill on Leadership is both an enjoyable read and a thought-provoking lesson on leadership.

Rise

Author : Scott Dawson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781508719823
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Rise written by Scott Dawson and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of True Adversity stories. You will be drawn in by the amazing stories of these incredible people. All went through incredible odds and came out shining on the other end. They inspire to help you on your journey.

Life Happens

Author : Teresa Clark
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1939629926
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Life Happens written by Teresa Clark and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It happens to every family. Things are humming along smoothly when suddenly they realize that life is not just a bowl of cherries. An unlooked for event, crisis, or trial threatens to upset the balance of all they consider normal. How will they ever survive and how will they ever get things to return to normal? Is it even possible? What if constant change and adaptation is what “normal” really looks like? In Life Happens Taralyn and Teresa Clark explore life realities and provide much-needed information gained from decades of experience to survive and ultimately thrive in spite of life challenges.

The Adversity Advantage

Author : Paul G. Stoltz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451687095
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Adversity Advantage written by Paul G. Stoltz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the world’s foremost blind athlete and a Harvard Business School lecturer comes an inspiring, seven-step program for converting both mundane and dramatic struggles into the kind of fuel that spur personal and professional greatness. Adversity is one of the most potent forces in life. It shapes your character, clarifies your priorities, and defines your path. It can also fuel your greatness. Each of us faces a rich assortment of adversities every day, ranging from minor hassles to major setbacks and challenges, even tragedies. Nobody knows this better than blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and adversity expert Dr. Paul Stolz. In this exciting new edition of The Adversity Advantage, this dream-team joined forces to offer incredible experiences and practical science to teach you how to turn life challenges into a powerful advantage. Weihenmayer, who is the only blind person to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits, shares his struggles on high mountains to turn adversity on its head and do the impossible. Coauthor Stoltz has spent decades decoding the human relationship with adversity and is the creator of the globally acclaimed Adversity Quotient. Fully revised and updated, this new edition of The Adversity Advantage offers lessons from real-life adventure, seemingly insurmountable challenges, and extensive research to help you achieve greatness. This unique book provides an exciting and insightful framework for surpassing obstacles and reaching higher goals. Its seven proven principles will help you harness the adversity in your life and turn it into agility, innovation, energy, and happiness: · Take it on! · Summon your strength · Engage your core · Pioneer possibilities · Pack light, pack right · Suffer well · Deliver greatness, every day Let The Adversity Advantage inspire you to overcome obstacles, no matter how daunting!

Not Easily Shaken

Author : Bert Mullings
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 148080407X
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Not Easily Shaken written by Bert Mullings and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At some point in our lives, we will all face some form of trauma or challenge that tests our faith and causes us to question providence. In Not Easily Shaken, author Bert Mullings shares how his faith was tested during his compelling journey through leukemia-beginning with his diagnosis and ending with his remission. In vivid detail and with evocative language, Mullings narrates his harrowing yet inspirational story, communicating his unwavering faith and God's unfathomable love, mercy, and grace. Through time-tested biblical precepts, Not Easily Shaken presents profound, practical, principle-centered approaches to persevering during troubling times. Mullings shows how you can fulfill your life's mission and overcome personal challenges in the face of adversity by totally surrendering yourself into the hands of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. There is no need to face life's challenges alone when the Holy Spirit is available to comfort you through the process. Not Easily Shaken reminds you that whatever you are going through, God is with you in the midst of the storm.

Teaching for God's Glory

Author : Tyler Harms
Publisher : Elm Hill
ISBN 13 : 1400327490
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Teaching for God's Glory written by Tyler Harms and published by Elm Hill. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congratulations! You may have just finished up your student-teaching and landed your first teaching position. You begin to think about your first year with your new students. Student teaching was a great experience, but now you may be searching for answers of how to get started running your own classroom. This practical and inspirational daily guide for teachers was comprised over many years and through interviews of teachers at all grade levels. The collective years of teaching experience interviewed was over 500 years of experience from K-12 educators both in private and public schools across the country! Teaching for God’s Glory is a daily walk with the new teacher to help the new educator plan for their first years of teaching. The first section, Before the School Year Begins, gives practical advice on ways to set up your classroom, communication with parents and students, as well as orienting yourself with your new surroundings. The rest of the year is divided into quarters of the year with applicable and inspiring advice and wisdom that new teachers can use right away in their classrooms. At the end of each school week, there is a place for reflection on what worked well that week, areas for growth, and prayer requests for you or your students. This book makes the perfect gift for those starting their own career in education. Years later, they will be able to look back and reflect on how much they have grown in their craft! Tyler Harms has over a decade of experience serving students and families at the elementary and secondary levels. He graduated from Calvin College with a BA in Education and went on to get two Master’s Degrees in Special Education and Mathematics. Tyler spent many hours interviewing master teachers across the country and reflecting on his own journey as an educator. Teaching for God’s Glory is the book we all wish we had read in college before becoming a teacher. The book gives practical advice and inspiration to those who are in the trenches each day educating our future leaders.

Option B

Author : Sheryl Sandberg
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 1524732699
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Option B written by Sheryl Sandberg and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Best Seller Named a Best Book of 2017 by Barnes & Noble and Amazon From Facebook’s COO and Wharton’s 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 life’s inevitable setbacks. After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. “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. It is a muscle that everyone can build. Option B combines Sheryl’s personal insights with Adam’s 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 heart—and her journal—to describe the acute grief and isolation she felt in the wake of his death. But Option B goes beyond Sheryl’s 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. “I want Dave,” she cried. Her friend replied, “Option A is not available,” 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.

Resilient Leadership for Turbulent Times

Author : Jerry L. Patterson
Publisher : R&L Education
ISBN 13 : 1607095335
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Resilient Leadership for Turbulent Times written by Jerry L. Patterson and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2009-11-16 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws upon resilience research and best practices to answer the question: 'How can leaders move ahead in the face of adversity?' and aims to help leaders thrive in the face of adversity.

Learning in the Face of Adversity

Author : Husein Abdul-Hamid
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464807078
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Learning in the Face of Adversity written by Husein Abdul-Hamid and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) operates one of the largest nongovernmental school systems in the Middle East. Palestine refugees in UNRWA schools are achieving higher-than-average learning outcomes in spite of the adverse circumstances they live under. This study uses a mixed methods research approach to address the complexity of the research question and its exploratory nature, namely, How do UNRWA schools continually and consistently outperform public schools? This study used the following data collection techniques: econometric techniques to analyze learning achievement data from international and national assessments; the Systems Approach for Better Education Results tools were used to assess different system components, such as teacher effectiveness, school autonomy, and student assessments; Stallings classroom observations provided a structured method to compare teachers' and students' interactions; qualitative data collected through interviews captured the lived experiences of a sample of students. Contrary to what might be expected from a resource-constrained administration serving refugee students who continually face a multitude of adversities, UNRWA students outperform public schools in the three regions-- West Bank and Gaza and Jordan-- by a year's worth of learning. The achievement is a result of the way these schools recruit, prepare, and support teachers; because of instructional practices and pedagogy in the classroom; and because of school leadership, accountability, and mutual support. This has created a distinguished learning community centered on the student. Of note: • UNRWA selects, prepares, and supports its education staff to pursue high learning outcomes. • Time-on-task is high in UNRWA schools, and is used more effectively than in public schools.

In the Face of Adversity

Author : Thomas Nolden
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1800083696
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Face of Adversity written by Thomas Nolden and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2023-02-20 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Face of Adversity explores the dynamics of translating texts that articulate particular notions of adverse circumstances. The chapters illustrate how literary records of often painful experiences and dissenting voices are at risk of being stripped of their authenticity when not carefully handled by the translator; how cultural moments in which the translation of a text that would have otherwise fallen into oblivion instead gave rise to a translator who enabled its preservation while ultimately coming into their own as an author as a result; and how the difficulties the translator faces in intercultural or transnational constellations in which prejudice plays a role endangers projects meant to facilitate mutual understanding. The authors address translation as a project of making available and preserving a corpus of texts that would otherwise be in danger of becoming censored, misperceived or ignored. They look at translation and adaptation as a project of curating textual models of personal, communal or collective perseverance, and they offer insights into the dynamics of cultural inclusion and exclusion through a series of theoretical frameworks, as well as through a set of concrete case studies drawn from different cultural and historical contexts. The collection also explores some of the venues that artists have pursued by transferring artistic expressions from one medium into another in order to preserve and disseminate important experiences in different cultural settings, media and arts.

Triumphing in the Face of Adversity

Author : Emmanuel S. Kulor
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453554327
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Triumphing in the Face of Adversity written by Emmanuel S. Kulor and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an exposition into the story of Job with a critical examination of his righteousness and faithfulness towards God in the midst of extreme adversities and his restoration. The Book of Job has touched the hearts and minds of many Christians especially those experiencing some kind of challenges of life. The Book of Job in its context and style as written in the Bible is however very difficult to read and understand. This book is an attempt to present the story of Job in a simple narrative that gives better comprehension and a deeper insight into some of the causes of afflictions and their remedies.

Stairway to Awesomeness!

Author : Comic Strip Mama
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781927792193
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Stairway to Awesomeness! written by Comic Strip Mama and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AWESOMENESS-Only YOU can choose to make the climb! Being a happy, positive person and living a life of awesomeness is a choice. In the face of adversity, it isn't always easy to make, but it is a necessary choice if you want to live life to the absolute fullest. Written and illustrated with infinite wisdom and an original comic twist, Stairway to Awesomeness is the ultimate 30-step self-improvement guide that will make you want to change your life forever and encourage others to do the same. Comic Strip Mama cartoonist and writer, Tanya Masse, shares her tragedy-to-triumph life story with the world and proves that no matter what adversity you are faced with, as long as you have a shred of sanity left, you CAN rise above and BE AWESOME! Comic Strip Mama shows you how to: CHANGE your way of thinking about certain things you have been conditioned to believe STOP taking life SO SERIOUSLY Focus on the POSITIVE lessons Recognize the BLESSINGS Find the HUMOR in everything. Yes, even tragic things! Now make your choice, and start climbing the Stairway to Awesomeness!