Download or read book Underdog written by Scott Kujak and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many are drawn to cheer for the underdog in an event because they want to see the underdog beat the odds. Everyone in life has been told by a doubter that a goal they have in life would be unattainable. Most people know the joyful fulfillment of proving the doubter wrong after they have accomplished the goal. The majority are drawn to the underdog stories in society, careers, sports, and relationships, because, in them, they see a reflection of the belief in their own self. People cherish the underdog who comes out on top. The underdog's tenacious characteristics are what others strive to obtain. The model of the underdog will to never give up in the fight against calamity is captured in ten separate stories. Amputees, athletes, former drug addicts, entrepreneurs, burn victims, veterans, former felons who were wrongly convicted of a crime, victims of racial and sexual abuse, and people who are battling cancer are some of the many people who have pushed back against hardship. The journeys of ten remarkable individuals are shared in this book. Everyone faces unexpected adversity in different moments throughout life. These ten underdogs will provide the hope and inspiration to get you through any situation. It is your time to unleash the underdog spirit within you and find the will to never give up.
Download or read book Against All Odds written by Raj Sarma and published by Raj Sarma. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raj Sarma currently resides in the Bay Area with his spouse and two children. His life journey humbles him, and he aims to share his experiences to inspire those striving for a better life. Raj Sarma’s experiences, both positive and negative, have shaped his thought process and emotional state, emphasizing the connection between daily decisions and personal growth. He is motivated to share his story to help his children understand their father’s background and find their own identities as they navigate their journeys.
Download or read book Rising from the Ashes written by Barrett Williams and published by Barrett Williams. This book was released on 2024-07-08 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ### Rising from the Ashes A Journey of Survival, Resilience, and Rebirth Embark on an extraordinary journey with *Rising from the Ashes*, a gripping eBook that delves into the heart of human endurance and the indomitable spirit of recovery. In a world shattered by catastrophe, where darkness seems perpetual, this compelling guide illuminates the path toward a hopeful dawn. Whether you're drawn to tales of survival, strategies for rebuilding, or profound insights into human nature, this book offers a beacon of light in the darkest of times. #### The Dawn after Darkness Discover the first glimmers of hope as we navigate the broken world left in the wake of devastation. With a focus on survival instincts, learn essential skills for finding food and water, and creating shelter, setting the foundation for physical and emotional recovery. #### Healing and Resilience Explore critical strategies for healing physical wounds with basic first aid, and delve into long-term health practices vital for maintaining well-being. Simultaneously, build emotional and mental resilience by coping with trauma and fostering mental fortitude. #### Rebuilding Communities Transition from individual survival to forming new alliances in emerging communities. Share resources and skills, rediscover lost knowledge, and teach the next generation, laying the groundwork for a connected and informed society. #### Restoring Communication and Trust Understand the power of language and stories in rebuilding communication networks and learn how to overcome suspicion, paving the way for new societal foundations based on trust. #### Cultural Revival and Innovation Reconnect with natureâs healing power, embrace sustainable living practices, and explore the essential roles of art and music in reviving culture. Discover ingenious inventions born of necessity and practical technologies for a new era. #### Leadership, Relationships, and Spirituality Witness the rise of reluctant leaders and the principles of ethical leadership. Build bonds amidst ruins and navigate family dynamics in crisis. Embrace diverse spiritual perspectives, finding meaning and faith in destruction. #### Triumph and Recovery Read personal narratives of bravery and collective success stories that inspire hope. Celebrate small victories and look ahead to long-term visions, reflecting on humanityâs lessons and igniting the flame of hope in the next generation. *Rising from the Ashes* is more than a survival guideâitâs a testament to human resilience. Dive into this profound exploration of recovery, and embrace a new beginning as you move forward into a hopeful future.
Download or read book Resiliency in Action written by Nan Henderson and published by Resiliency In Action. This book was released on 2007 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to build bounce-back kids, families, schools, and communities is the theme of Resiliency In Action: Practical Ideas for Overcoming Risks and Building Strengths in Youth, Families, and Communities. It is edited by internationally recognized resiliency expert, trainer, and consultant Nan Henderson, M.S.W., whose publications are used in more than 25 countries. The book is a research-based, practical guide for educators, counselors, parents, community organizers, and mentors and is filled with the latest strategies for helping children, families, schools, and communities bounce back from risk, stress, trauma, and adversity.More than two dozen experts in the fields of child, family, organizational, and community resiliency contributed to the book, which challenges a widely accepted myth about people especially young people, who experience risks, stress, trauma, and adversity in their lives, according to Henderson. Contrary to popular opinion, the majority of these individuals, over time, do bounce back and do well. There is a growing body of scientific research from several fields that documents this fact and yields important information as to what can be done every day to facilitate this process of overcoming.This book is really three books in one: it contains the most recent research, hands-on and practical strategies, and stories of resilient individuals and best practices. The book includes 60 chapters grouped in seven sections: The Foundations of Resiliency, Resiliency and Schools, Resiliency and Communities, Resiliency Connections (Mentoring, Support, and Counseling), Resiliency and Youth Development, Resiliency and Families, and Resiliency and the Brain.
Download or read book Because We Are Bad written by Lily Bailey and published by Canbury Press. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WASHINGTON POST TOP 50 NON-FICTION BOOK 'Extremely compelling' - The Guardian 'Searing... funny, eloquent and honest' - Psychologies 'Remarkable... I hope this book finds a wide readership' - Washington Post __________________________________________ As a child, Lily Bailey knew she was bad. By the age of 13, she had killed someone with a thought, spread untold disease, and spied upon her classmates. Only by performing a series of secret routines could she correct her wrongdoing. But it was never enough. She had a severe case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and it came with a bizarre twist. This true story is from a startling new voice in non-fiction. It lights up the workings of the mind like Mark Haddon or Matt Haig. Anyone who wants to know about OCD, and how to fight back, should read this book. Immerse yourself in a new world. Reviews Model and journalist Bailey offers an authentic and stunning account of her struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in this beautifully-rendered memoir. - Publishers Weekly I laughed, I cried. I could not put this book down. Intensely moving with flashes of black humour, Because We Are Bad is the compelling account of one young woman's experience of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. - Rosanna Greenstreet writes for The Guardian Often as chilling as Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, but also full of so much inner and external turbulence that it reminded me at times of The Bourne Identity and Memento.Because We Are Bad is an intense heart-rending roller coaster of a book... - Will Black, Huffpost UK A harrowingly honest memoir of profound psychological struggle. In her courageous book, the author offers compelling insight into the pain and destructive power of OCD as well as the resilience of a young woman determined to beat the odds. - Kirkus Reviews A fascinating read. It's brilliantly written; I felt inside your head - Ray D'Arcy Show, RTE Radio 1 Because We Are Bad is an emotional, challenging read. Lily takes us deep into the heart of the illness but she is also a deft writer, and even the darkest moments are peppered with wit and wry observations. - James Lloyd, OCD-UK Remarkable. She writes with literary poise and a gift for mordant observation and self-deprecating humor that belie her youth. I hope this book finds a wide readership. - Scott Stossel, Washington Post It's a fascinating read... Buy the book! Buy the book! - Jo Good, BBC Radio London
Download or read book Serve to Lead written by James Strock and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Serve to Lead: 21st Century Leaders Manual' is an indispensable guide to effective leadership, management, and communication in our disruptive historical moment. Award-winning author James Strock distills actionable insights from a wide array of leaders in business, government, politics, the military, and non-governmental organizations.
Download or read book Resilience written by Eric Greitens and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterpiece of warrior wisdom: how to be resilient, how to overcome obstacles not by "positive thinking" or self-esteem, but by positive action. The bestselling author, Navy SEAL, and humanitarian Eric Greitens offers a self-help book unlike any other.
Download or read book Against All Odds written by Richard Harris and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Art of Resilience Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body written by Ross Edgley and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Incredible individual, incredible book, incredible story.’ CHRIS HEMSWORTH ‘A hero who is as humble as he is resilient... testament to a “never give up” spirit!’ BEAR GRYLLS ‘From reading this book, the message that comes shining through is this: you can achieve anything.’ ANT MIDDLETON
Download or read book Coming Back written by J. Anthony Laurence and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At some point everybody goes through adversity and we are forced to face situations that we are not prepared for. These are the times that define us, the times when we are writing our own legacy. J. A. Laurence wrote; Coming Back, to inspire you to Rise after adversity and become a better version of yourself. He wants to bring stability, focus and purpose to your storm. Coming Back will assist you to discover your recipe to get back up and triumph over adversity. It will help you find yourself, your uniqueness and your purpose. Coming Back, will help you use adversity to your advantage. He shares his insight into adversity and how to transform it into resilience, inspiration and the resolve to become extraordinary. Coming Back can guide you to design, build and live the life you always dreamed about. You already have unlimited potential; your next step is to allow J. Anthony Laurence to guide you to build an extraordinary life.
Download or read book A Doctor s Dozen written by Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, MPH and published by Dartmouth College Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burnout affects a third of our population and over half of our health professionals. For the second group, the impact is magnified, as consequences play out not only on a personal level, but also on a societal level and lead to medical errors, suboptimal care, low levels of patient satisfaction, and poor clinical outcomes. Achieving wellbeing requires strategies for change. In this book, Dr. Pipas shares twelve lessons and strategies for improved health that she has learned from patients, students, and colleagues over her twenty years working as a family physician. Each lesson is based on observation and research, and begins with a story of an exemplary patient whose challenges and successes reflect the theme of the lesson. Along with the lessons, the author offers plans for action, which taken together create the framework for a healthy life. Each lesson concludes with resources and a "health challenge."
Download or read book Nelson Beats The Odds written by Ronnie Nelson Sidney and published by . This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nelson Beats the Odds: Compendium One gives readers a chance to experience Nelson Beats the Odds and Tameka's New Dress in one thrilling graphic novel. The compendium presents real tips for real life situations and is a great addition to library shelves. Nelson Beats the Odds features Nelson, a young man who used to think school was all about playing and talking with his friends. When Nelson learns that he's been diagnosed as having a learning disability and ADHD, he is placed in special education and separated from his friends. Out of fear of being ridiculed and teased by classmates, Nelson attempts to keep his disability and struggles with learning a secret. With the encouragement of his parents and assistance from Mrs. T., his special education teacher, Nelson succeeds academically and reaches his full potential. Tameka's New Dress presents sensitive issues, including childhood trauma, parental substance abuse, kinship care, and bullying in a way that's gentle and suitable for children of all ages. In Tameka's New Dress, a gifted middle school student faces the challenges and fears of being the new kid at school while dealing with the harsh reality of living in an abusive home. Throughout the short story, Tameka receives the encouragement she needs from her caregiver and other adults in the community to fight off the school's bully without using violence.
Download or read book Why Startups Fail written by Tom Eisenmann and published by Currency. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want your startup to succeed, you need to understand why startups fail. “Whether you’re a first-time founder or looking to bring innovation into a corporate environment, Why Startups Fail is essential reading.”—Eric Ries, founder and CEO, LTSE, and New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way Why do startups fail? That question caught Harvard Business School professor Tom Eisenmann by surprise when he realized he couldn’t answer it. So he launched a multiyear research project to find out. In Why Startups Fail, Eisenmann reveals his findings: six distinct patterns that account for the vast majority of startup failures. • Bad Bedfellows. Startup success is thought to rest largely on the founder’s talents and instincts. But the wrong team, investors, or partners can sink a venture just as quickly. • False Starts. In following the oft-cited advice to “fail fast” and to “launch before you’re ready,” founders risk wasting time and capital on the wrong solutions. • False Promises. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted confidence to expand. • Speed Traps. Despite the pressure to “get big fast,” hypergrowth can spell disaster for even the most promising ventures. • Help Wanted. Rapidly scaling startups need lots of capital and talent, but they can make mistakes that leave them suddenly in short supply of both. • Cascading Miracles. Silicon Valley exhorts entrepreneurs to dream big. But the bigger the vision, the more things that can go wrong. Drawing on fascinating stories of ventures that failed to fulfill their early promise—from a home-furnishings retailer to a concierge dog-walking service, from a dating app to the inventor of a sophisticated social robot, from a fashion brand to a startup deploying a vast network of charging stations for electric vehicles—Eisenmann offers frameworks for detecting when a venture is vulnerable to these patterns, along with a wealth of strategies and tactics for avoiding them. A must-read for founders at any stage of their entrepreneurial journey, Why Startups Fail is not merely a guide to preventing failure but also a roadmap charting the path to startup success.
Download or read book I Tarzan written by Jean-Philippe Soulé and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-07 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a bullied and neglected boy, to living the American Dream, to becoming a well-traveled world adventurer.FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR of Dancing with Death comes an epic memoir that will delight fans of The Glass Castle, Wild, and Unbroken, as well as Educated and Can't Hurt Me. The gripping I, Tarzan is a deep journey into the author's innermost secrets that will have you questioning your own self-understanding and life goals.By age thirteen, I was an alcoholic - anything to numb myself from my world of emotional abuse.That wasn't who I wanted to be.My dreams of adventure and exploration were so far out of reach. I'd never become Tarzan. I'd never become Jacques Cousteau.But I was wrong.This is my story?"I, Tarzan, simply put, is the most inspirational memoir of the year."- Chanticleer Reviews"Jean-Philippe's life is like the ultimate ultra-marathon, where hope, perseverance, and grit determine the outcome. I, Tarzan: Against All Odds is his story of redemption and remembrance that inspires and energizes the reader to believe that far-reaching dreams can come true. Jean-Philippe proves that your attitude determines your altitude - and high he climbs in this must-read memoir!"- Dean Karnazes, ultramarathoner and NY Times bestselling author"Marco Polo meets Tom Sawyer, I, Tarzan is the roller-coaster chronicle of Jean-Philippe Soule's early life of challenge and adventure. ?This is a story of success, wrought in the fires of despair and wrapped up in good old-fashioned storytelling."- Ian Adamson, author and world's most celebrated adventure racer
Download or read book The Patient Patient written by Tushar Rishi and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resilience written by Lisa Lisson and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring book for readers of Sheryl Sandberg and Arlene Dickinson Lisa LissonÕs life seemed perfect: she had married her high school sweetheart, applied her marketing degree to a position at FedEx Express Canada, and risen to become a vice president (and would ultimately become president) of the company. One night, after putting their four children to bed, her husband, Patrick, marvelled that their lives seemed perfectly happy. Just a few hours later, everything changed. One moment Lisa was sleeping beside Patrick, and the next, she was kneeling on the floor beside his unconscious body frantically administering CPR. Patrick had had a massive heart attack and was in a coma, and the doctors were blunt: there was no hope. But for the next two years, Lisa stood by his side and awaited a miracle, while continuing to balance life as a high-powered executive and mother of four. Part leadership guide, part memoir of loss, and part personal empowerment primer on how to achieve your goals no matter what the universe throws at you, Resilience is an inspirational story about how to rise to the top in a manÕs world, triumph over adversity, lead a fulfilling life, and live each day with purpose and gratitude.
Download or read book Special Report 80 Years of Kuwaiti Banking written by and published by The Business Year. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kuwaiti banking is 80 years old, and is going from strength to strength. On this special occasion we joined forces with the Kuwait Banking Association to produce this 36-page special report featuring exclusive interviews with top representatives of key institutions such as the Central Bank of Kuwait and the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority, as well as the heads of the 11 local banks operating in Kuwait.
