Synopses & Reviews
Turn Daily Setbacks and Dramatic Challenges into a Key Component of Success
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.
The path to success, both in business and in life, is learning how to convert any adversity, major or minor, into a genuine advantage. The Adversity Advantage offers practical tools that teach you how to use adversity as a force for superior achievement. 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
Review
"Offers stirring stories of overcoming adversity as well as practical tips and templates for improving your own abilities." -- Globe and Mail
About the Author
Erik Weihenmayer is the world's leading blind athlete and the only blind person in history to reach the Seven Summits, including Everest. Erik inspires millions of people each year through his climbing expeditions, nonprofit outreach, and keynote presentations. He is author of Touch the Top of the World, which was made into a TV movie, and subject of the award-winning documentary Farther Than the Eye Can See. Erik has been featured on the cover of Time and lives with his family in Golden, Colorado. Paul G. Stoltz, Ph.D., founded and has been the CEO of PEAK Learning since 1987, a global research and consulting firm, and the director of the Global Resilience Project, working with top leaders and organizations worldwide. The originator of the globally acclaimed AQ (Adversity Quotient) method and author of the international bestsellers The Adversity Quotient and Adversity Quotient at Work, he resides with his family in San Luis Obispo, California. Recognized as one of Time magazine's 25 most influential Americans, Stephen R. Covey has dedicated his life to demonstrating how every person can truly control their destiny with profound, yet straightforward guidance. As an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, and author, his advice has given insight to millions. He has sold over 20 million books sold (in 38 languages), and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century. His most recent major book, The 8th Habit , has sold nearly 400,000 copies. He holds an MBA from Harvard, and doctorate degree from Brigham Young University. He is the co-founder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey, the leading global professional services firm with offices in 123 countries. He lives with his wife and family in Utah.
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreward by Stephen R. Covey
Introduction
Summit One. Take It On!
Summit Two. Summon Your Strengths
Summit Three. Engage Your CORE
Summit Four. Pioneer Possibilities
Summit Five. Pack Light, Pack Right
Summit Six. Suffer Well
Summit Seven. Deliver Greatness, Every Day
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index