Harden the F#ck Up How to Be Resilient and Stop Taking Things Personally and Get On With Life

by Economakis, Felix

• ISBN13: 9781921024757
• ISBN10: 1921024755
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-11-01
• Publisher: New Holland Publishers

Summary

In times of social and economic uncertainty, we need to be flexible and resilient. Instead we are more sensitive, entitled, and complaining than ever. In Harden The F#ck Up, psychologist Felix Economakis explains how previous generations were tougher, harder-working, and coped better with obstacles, and compares their attitudes with our overly sensitive, hand-it-to-me-on-a-platter culture. He proposes that to get what we want, we need to take a dose of our grandparents’ medicine—and harden up. Beginning with how to accept the sacrifices that are necessary to achieve our goals, and then changing our attitudes accordingly, Economakis offers new ways to think about the challenges we come up against in life. He provides straightforward, honest advice for developing resilience, and practical explanations for applying these principles in the realms of parenting, relationships, the workplace, and more.

Author Biography

Felix has worked in the in the NHS for over 8 years, and has now been working full-time in private practice since 2007. He has a passion for studying many therapeutic approaches and then in combining the therapies studied to produce rapid and powerful interventions for a range of conditions. Felix works with a variety of conditions and is also the most prolific practitioner for ARFID in the world today. Felix is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist and clinical hypnotist. He also holds a master practitioner in NLP. He has successfully treated hundreds of clients.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7 Chapter 1 Attitude 21 Chapter 2 Personal responsibility 35 Chapter 3 Perseverance 65 Chapter 4 Being irreverent in the face of obstacles 83 Chapter 5 Trusting in self 105 Chapter 6 State management 119 Chapter 7 The hero’s journey 139 Putting it all together in modern life Parenting 157 School 160 Sports 163 Relationships 165 Career 168 New Year’s Resolutions 171 Epilogue 173 Questionnaire: How resilient are you? 174 A six-step plan for building resilience 186