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Resilience : hard-won wisdom for living a better life
- Title
- Resilience : hard-won wisdom for living a better life / Eric Greitens.
- Author
- Greitens, Eric, 1974-
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-9385 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 301 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "A masterpiece of warrior wisdom that shows how to overcome obstacles with positive action. The best-selling author, Navy SEAL, and humanitarian Eric Greitens offers a self-help book unlike any other. Two years ago, Eric Greitens unexpectedly heard from a former SEAL comrade, a brother-in-arms he hadn't seen in a decade. Drew Sheets had been one of the toughest of the tough. But ever since he returned home from war to his young family in a small logging town, he'd been struggling. Without a sense of purpose, plagued by PTSD, and masking his pain with heavy drinking, he needed help. Drew and Eric started writing and talking nearly every day, and Eric set down his thoughts on what it takes to build resilience in our lives. Eric's letters--drawing on both his own experience and wisdom from ancient and modern thinkers--are now gathered and edited into a timeless handbook. They explain how we can build purpose, confront the pain in our lives, practice compassion, develop our vocations, find a mentor, create happiness, follow a role model, think about the story of our lives, and much more.Resilience grapples with real hardship. The lessons are deep, yet practical, and the advice leads to clear solutions. This is a profoundly hopeful book: We all face pain, difficulty, and doubt. But with resilience, we can lead vital, flourishing lives"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-301).
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Note to the Reader   ix -- LETTER 1: Your Frontline   1 -- LETTER 2: Why Resilience?   8 -- LETTER 3: What Is Resilience?   19 -- LETTER 4: Beginning   32 -- LETTER 5: Happiness   49 -- LETTER 6: Models   66 -- LETTER 7: Identity   79 -- LETTER 8: Habits   95 -- LETTER 9: Responsibility   106 -- LETTER 10: Vocation   115 -- Letter 11: Philosophy   130 -- LETTER 12: Practice   148 -- LETTER 13: Pain   158 -- LETTER 14: Mastering Pain   169 -- LETTER 15: Reflection   193 -- LETTER 16: Friends   208 -- LETTER 17: Mentors   220 -- LETTER 18: Teams   238 -- LETTER 19: Leadership   244 -- LETTER 20: Freedom   252 -- LETTER 21: Story   260 -- LETTER 22: Death   269 -- LETTER 23: Sabbath   274 -- Acknowledgments   279 -- Bibliography   281 -- Notes   289.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-9385
- ISBN
- 9780544323988
- 054432398X
- LCCN
- 2014035279
- OCLC
- 2014035279
- Author
- Greitens, Eric, 1974-
- Title
- Resilience : hard-won wisdom for living a better life / Eric Greitens.
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-301).
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-9385