The keys to understanding and developing courage
This groundbreaking book reveals that courage is more aboutmanaging fear than not feeling it, and that courage can belearned. The author explains that most courageous people areunaware of their own bravery, and all of us have some form ofcourage in our lives now, to start with. The book is filled withillustrative examples, studies, and interviews from Greenland to Kenya, and defines the types of individuals who demonstrategeneral, personal, and civil courage. The author includes clearguidelines and suggestions for increasing our ability to becourageous.
* Includes guidelines that show how anyone can ramp-up theircourage quotient and develop the qualities that strengthen personalcourage
* Contains a wealth of examples and anecdotes of real-worldcourage from a variety of cultures
* A prolific writer, the author has a popular blog Psychology Today
The author extols the virtues of personal courage and shows howto overcome fear and stand up for what is right.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction: How I Found Courage ix
part 1 a crash course in courage
1 Your Courage Quotient 3
2 Measuring Courage 25
part 2 increasing courage by controlling fear
3 Ride the Emotional See-Saw 41
4 Think Magically 67
part 3 increasing courage by boosting the willingnessto act
5 Try Defiance 87
6 Be Out of the ”In Crowd”107
7 Be Willing to Fail 121
part 4 conclusion
8 From the Research Laboratory to Real Life 139
Appendix I: Test Your Courage Quotient 151
Appendix II: Locate Your Own Brand of Courage 157
References 159
Acknowledgments 169
About the Author 171
Index 173
Circa l’autore
Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener is widely known as the ‘Indiana Jones of positive psychology’ because his research has taken him to such far-flung places as Greenland, India, Kenya, and Israel. The foremost authority on positive psychology coaching, he is managing director of Positive Acorn LLC (www.positiveacorn.com). His work has been featured in Time, Newsweek, O!, Vogue, Reader’s Digest, and on NPR. Biswas-Diener lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and children. He is afraid of quicksand and snakes.
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