The Adversity Advantage Turning Everyday Struggles into Everyday Greatness

by Weihenmayer, Erik; Stoltz, Paul; Covey, Stephen R.

• ISBN13: 9781439199497
• ISBN10: 1439199493
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-10
• Publisher: Touchstone

Summary

Turn daily setbacks and major challenges into key components of success!Adversity is one of the most potent forces in life. It shapes your character, clarifies your priorities, and defines your path. It can also fuel your greatness. Each of us faces a rich assortment of adversities every day, ranging from minor hassles to major setbacks, even tragedies. The path to success, both in business and in life, is learning how to convert any adversity into a genuine advantage.Nobody knows this better than blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and adversity expert Dr. Paul Stoltz. This dream-team combination will help you totally rethink your relationship with adversity, teaching how to use it to pioneer new possibilities at work and in your personal life.This new, deluxe edition ofThe Adversity Advantageoffers valuable lessons based upon incredible adventures, seemingly insurmountable challenges, and extensive research. These seven original principles will help you harness the adversity in your life and turn it into power, innovation, energy, and happiness: Take It On! Summon Your Strengths Engage your CORE: Control, Ownership, Reach, and Endurance Pioneer Possibilities Pack Light, Pack Right Suffer Well Deliver Greatness, Every DayLet The Adversity Advantage inspire you to take on the most daunting obstacles!

Author Biography

Erik Weihenmayer is the world's leading blind athlete and the only blind person in history to reach the Seven Summits, including Everest. Erik inspires millions of people each year through his climbing expeditions, nonprofit outreach, and keynote presentations. He is author of Touch the Top of the World, which was made into a TV movie, and subject of the award-winning documentary Farther Than the Eye Can See. Erik has been featured on the cover of Time and lives with his family in Golden, Colorado.

Paul G. Stoltz, Ph.D., founded and has been the CEO of PEAK Learning since 1987, a global research and consulting firm, and the director of the Global Resilience Project, working with top leaders and organizations worldwide. The originator of the globally acclaimed AQ (Adversity Quotient) method and author of the international bestsellers The Adversity Quotient and Adversity Quotient at Work, he resides with his family in San Luis Obispo, California.

Recognized as one of Time magazine’s twenty-five most influential Americans, Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012) was an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, and author. His books have sold more than twenty-five million copies in thirty-eight languages, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century. After receiving an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate degree from Brigham Young University, he became the cofounder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey, a leading global training firm.