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The Courage Quotient Robert Biswas-Diener

The Courage Quotient By Robert Biswas-Diener

The Courage Quotient by Robert Biswas-Diener


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A fresh, research based new way of understanding and using the science of positive psychology to face life head on, and achieve greater success in business, relationships, meaning and happiness.

The Courage Quotient Summary

The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver by Robert Biswas-Diener

The keys to understanding and developing courage This groundbreaking book reveals that courage is more about managing fear than not feeling it, and that courage can be learned. The author explains that most courageous people are unaware of their own bravery, and all of us have some form of courage in our lives now, to start with. The book is filled with illustrative examples, studies, and interviews from Greenland to Kenya, and defines the types of individuals who demonstrate general, personal, and civil courage. The author includes clear guidelines and suggestions for increasing our ability to be courageous. * Includes guidelines that show how anyone can ramp-up their courage quotient and develop the qualities that strengthen personal courage * Contains a wealth of examples and anecdotes of real-world courage 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 how to overcome fear and stand up for what is right.

About Robert Biswas-Diener

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.

Table of Contents

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 willingness to 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

Additional information

GOR011738083
9780470917428
0470917423
The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver by Robert Biswas-Diener
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
20120417
208
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