Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

In 2015 Sheryl Sandbergâ€™s husband, Dave Goldberg, died suddenly at the age of forty-eight. Sandberg and her two young children were devastated, and she was certain that their lives would never have real joy or meaning again.

Just weeks later, Sandberg was talking with a friend about the first father-child activity without a father. They came up with a plan for someone to fill in. â€œBut I want Dave,â€ she cried. Her friend put his arm around her and said, â€œOption A is not available. So letâ€™s just kick the shit out of Option B.â€

Everyone experiences some form of Option B. We all deal with loss: jobs lost, loves lost, lives lost. The question is not whether these things will happen but how we face them when they do.

Thoughtful, honest, revealing and warm, OPTION B weaves Sandbergâ€™s experiences coping with adversity with new findings from Adam Grant and other social scientists. The book features stories of people who recovered from personal and professional hardship, including illness, injury, divorce, job loss, sexual assault and imprisonment. These people did more than recoverâ€•many of them became stronger.

OPTION B offers compelling insights for dealing with hardships in our own lives and helping others in crisis. It turns out that post-traumatic growth is commonâ€•even after the most devastating experiences many people donâ€™t just bounce back but actually bounce forward. And pre-traumatic growth is also possible: people can build resilience even if they have not experienced tragedy. Sandberg and Grant explore how we can raise strong children, create resilient communities and workplaces, and find meaning, love and joy in our lives.

â€œDaveâ€™s death changed me in very profound ways,â€ Sandberg writes. â€œI learned about the depths of sadness and the brutality of loss. But I also learned that when life sucks you under, you can kick against the bottom, break the surface and breathe again.â€
Country USA
Manufacturer WH Allen
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 34261874
ReleaseDate 2019-04-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780753548295

Country	USA
Manufacturer	WH Allen
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	34261874
ReleaseDate	2019-04-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780753548295

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

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