Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - From authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. I was in 'the void, ' she writes, a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe. Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build.Option B combines Sheryl's personal insights with Adam's eye-opening research on finding strength in the face of adversity. Beginning with the gut-wrenching moment when she finds her husband, Dave Goldberg, collapsed on a gym floor, Sheryl opens up her heart--and her journal--to describe the acute grief and isolation she felt in the wake of his death. But Option B goes beyond Sheryl's loss to explore how a broad range of people have overcome hardships including illness, job loss, sexual assault, natural disasters, and the violence of war. Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevere . . . and to rediscover joy. Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. Even after the most devastating events, it is possible to grow by finding deeper meaning and gaining greater appreciation in our lives. Option B illuminates how to help others in crisis, develop compassion for ourselves, raise strong children, and create resilient families, communities, and workplaces. Many of these lessons can be applied to everyday struggles, allowing us to brave whatever lies ahead. Two weeks after losing her husband, Sheryl was preparing for a father-child activity. I want Dave, she cried. Her friend replied, Option A is not available, and then promised to help her make the most of Option B. We all live some form of Option B. This book will help us all make the most of it.
Adam Grant is a Wharton organizational psychologist who has been the top-rated professor for the past seven years. He is an expert on how to discover drive and meaning in our life, as well as how to be more giving and creative. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of four books: Give and Take, Originals, Option B, and Power Moves, which have sold over 2 million copies and been translated into 35 languages. Amazon, the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, and the Wall Street Journal have all named his books among the best of the year, and J.J. Malala Yousafzai, J.J. Abrams, Richard Branson, Bill and Melinda Gates, Malcolm Gladwell
More than 20 million people have seen Adam's TED presentations. He is the host of the popular TED podcast WorkLife. Google, the NBA, Bridgewater, and the Gates Foundation are among his speaking and consulting clients. He has been named to Fortune's 40 Under 40, Oprah's Super Soul 100, and the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader lists, as well as receiving notable scientific accomplishment honors from the American Psychology Association and the National Science Foundation.
Adam is a member of the Department of Defense Innovation Board and writes on work and psychology for the New York Times. He graduated with a B.A. He has a Ph.D. from Harvard. He is a former Junior Olympic springboard diver who graduated from the University of Michigan.
He and his wife Allison, as well as their two children and son, live in Philadelphia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781524732684 |
| ISBN 10 | 1524732680 |
| Title | Option B |
| Author | Sheryl Sandberg |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year published | 2017-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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