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This is a great book on leadership, strategy and tactics. I especially enjoyed the section entitled, " Play The Game." To be more specific, how to play the long game. The game of building relationships. Why its important to do so, even if we do not want to, or see the immediate benefit. There are different approaches to building relationships, certainly the heavy handed approach might produce short term results, but for long term success, its best to develop meaningful and healthy relationships,...
Toughen up your mental capabilities on your path to becoming a leader!If you are looking for a book containing fast ways to increase your self-resilience in the face of challenging situations, then "On Mental Toughness" is for you. Selected scholarly articles dealing with tactics on how to persevere in personal, business, and even military environments are presented in this book.Part of the "HBR's 10 Must Reads" book collection, this book concentrates on the idea of using pressure to your advant...
Fantastic topics on mental fortitude. A few folks already neatly summarized key points in other reviews, but here were my main takeaways:1) You have the power to change your mindset (and your life). To strengthen your resilience, shift from reflexive, cause-oriented thinking to active, response-oriented thinking. The below are active, response-oriented questions rather than brooding on the causes.- CONTROL: What features of your situation can you improve, or even try to improve? - IMPACT: What k...
I mark a self-help book by how many, (by quantity & quality), strategies are there in the book to cope me with life. This book has a lot. I will go from chapter to chapter & write the cherries of the lessons, tricks & tips which are used to cope with life. It is to be mentioned that there are different writers for every chapter.First Chapter : This chapter talks about being driven from inside. This chapter proposes the idea that top performers of competitive arenas don't care what other peoples
IntroductionOn Mental Toughness is a collection of ten essays originally published in the Harvard Business Review on you guessed it, mental toughness. Each of these ten articles have been hand selected to create a collection of impactful readings on building resilience and thriving in life. When it comes right down to it, we can all use some help strengthen our ability to be resilient and bounce back from setbacks. Why You Should Read This Book? Mental toughness and overall grit are some of the
Good ideas on how to cope with stress and rebound from difficult situations. Key points:- If you want to get to the top, you need to train with the best people.- Continuous detailed feedback. How can I improve my performance?- Pay attention to what you did well too. - "Those with real mettle will get back into training again. That’s what truly separates elite performers from ordinary high achievers."- Learn from negative experiences. - Happiness is a function of outlook on life.- When adversity
Good reading, includes alot of new information I enjoyed it.
This book clearly got into my hands these days for a reason...I do believe in post-traumatic growth even more now.Life's adversities are like broken bones for me .. hurts at the beginning, but when the bone grows together again, it's stronger then ever before.
A Quick read but not amazingSome interesting thought nuggets in this collection of stories. Some of the stories are inspiring, some are less inspiring. On to the next one.
While I think this is a good read and is written by people a lot smarter than myself, I didn't find any of their papers that insightful. Most of it seemed to be simply common sense. This would probably be a good book to read prior to starting a managerial job later on in life.
In my current attempt at helping myself get a promotion at work, reading management books alongside taking management courses online, hopefully this will work (something has to eventually right?). This was a very interesting collection of essays about 'mental toughness' usually in regards to things like 'crucibles'; which is a term for a "super crazy crappy moment that happened that tested everything about me - who I am, what I am, my resolve, etc.". And then how do we handle ourselves, our surr...
Quick and impactful read. The kind of book I would go back to and revisit specific chapters based on my environment and the circumstances around me. Offers actionable takeaways. Should be required reading for all managers, but there’s a lot to take away as an employee too.
A couple good articles and some other generic self-help stuff.
Great short afternoon read. Rational and objective strategies for the workplace. Key takeaways:-Always sit with the smartest person in the room, and if you are the smartest, change the room.- Don't quit working on strengths- Negative experiences aren't supposed to be the end of the world. - Adversity will hit, just let it affect you based on importance- Greatest mental workout- learning to play a musical instrument. - There is a difference between exceptionally great performers and a regular hig...
This is an exceptional book, especially for leaders. As a naval officer who has had several challenging assignments, I am always looking for ways to toughen up (me and my Sailors). The essays in this compilation are written by business/military leaders, coaches, academics, etc. They are relatively short and packed with ideas and best practices. My favorite article was "Stress Can Be a Good Thing if You Know How to Use It." There is a passage about how "owning your stress" can motivate. "A metaph...
Great book, I'd recommend this to anyone going through adversity or challenging times. Covers many topics and provides tangible actions as well as overall support.I took notes and below are some things that stood out to me while reading.(view spoiler)[Feedback: when someone's feedback seems more like insults, find 'what's behind the negative feedback'. Which is to say, find why they are delivering feedback this way. Then get specific. Ask what exactly could you have done better.Approach feedback...
For years, I've been discussing, writing about and teaching on the subject of resilience because, as I see it, it's something that seemed to be slipping, particularly in western culture. What I mean is, when you look back through history, difficulties are fairly predictable, and to expect only the best, most positive outcomes, you begin to forget this reality. Forgetting makes us shocked, surprised and ill-prepared when bad things happen. In the past several years, as we've undergone a worldwide...
This was a tremendous read that gave me further wisdom and insight into building resilience and rebounding from failure. As humans, we inevitably face failures / downfalls small or big, frequently or randomly - yet some of us get trapped in the initial emotional 'response' stage of the hardship while others successfully rise from the failure. This book has given me wisdom into how the hardest part, yet the most critical part to recovery, is 'acceptance'; you have the option to accept setbacks as...
ABCD: C (emotional consequences) stem not directly from A (adversity) but from B (one's belief's about adversity). The sergeants work through a series of A's and learn to separate B's--heat of the moment thoughts about the situation (I'm a failure) from C's, the emotions generated from those thoughts (feeling down and performing poorly). They then learn D--how to quickly and effectively dispel unrealistic beliefs about adversity" (32)Example: overgeneralization or judging a person from a single
This is my second book from the HBR series, the current COVID situation has changed so much for all of us and at times even doing routine things and keep us in the business requires mental discipline and agility. I thought this book may be good read and may help me in dealing with current situation in better way. The book is great and gives you perspective on how to not just survive but thrive under pressure, how to focus on your strengths and why we need to work on cognitive fitness and more. F...