Thursday, 24 May 2018

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant




Resilience is the strength and speed of our response to adversity.



Recovery does not start from the same place for everyone.



There are two different emotional responses to the pain of others:  empathy, which motivates us to help, and distress, which motivates us to avoid.




Labelling negative emotions makes them easier to deal with.  The more specific the label, the better.