How much do grit and positive thinking matter when the world around you is starved of support and opportunity?
Finally, a book that explains why self-help gurus and motivational speakers mostly fail to deliver, and what really produces results.
“Michael Ungar’s Change Your World shows that recovery, functioning and positive change in the face of adversity is not a lonely path trod by individuals; here lies the personal and social transformative power of resilience.”
– Joel Reyes, Sr. Education and Institutional Development Specialist, World Bank
The entire self-improvement industry puts the responsibility for change on us as individuals, producing few if any long-term changes in our health or happiness. In this mind-bending look at what the science of resilience teaches us about success, Dr. Michael Ungar shows that individual growth depends very little on what we think, feel, or behave. Dr. Ungar is one of the world's leading experts on thriving through adversity. Delving into the latest research, he demonstrates that the ethic of rugged individualism and the victim-blaming politics that come with it are red herrings in the science of success.
Dr. Ungar explores reals lives, across age and culture, and discovers that the answers lie in the people and the support systems around us. Supportive spouses, caring families, nurturing employers, and effective governments are very often the difference between individual success and failure. The good news is that it is easier to change your environment than it is to change yourself. Indeed, Dr. Ungar has solid evidence that we can influence the world around us in ways that will make us more resilient both at home and on the job.
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Dr. Michael Ungar is a brilliant story-teller and one of the world’s leading experts on resilience, which he defines as living well despite adversity. He is the Canada Research Chair in Child, Family, and Community Resilience, a professor of social work at Dalhousie University, and family therapist. He is the author of fourteen books, 135 scientific papers, and a blog for Psychology Today. He has worked with the World Bank, UNESCO, and the Red Cross, and is a recipient of the Canadian Association of Social Workers National Distinguished Service Award.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Finally, a book that explains why self-help gurus and motivational speakers mostly fail to deliver, and what really produces results.A billion-dollar self-improvement industry always puts responsibility for change on your shoulders. But this approach, which owes more to the myths of rugged individualism and victim-blaming politics than it does to credible scientific research, has been proven to produce few real and lasting improvements in our health and happiness.Dr. Michael Ungar's mind-bending new book Change Your World rewrites our tired old narratives of success and personal change from a stunning new perspective. He argues that when things get tough and the odds are stacked against us, self-improvement only goes so far. Dr. Ungar uses the science of resilience and real life examples from across classes and cultures to prove a powerful point: what we really need to flourish is a strong support system and an environment rich in opportunity. Nurturing spouses and families, supportive employers, and effective governments are the real differences between success and failure in our lives. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781999439521
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