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Sunday, September 17, 2006

The Adversity Advantage: Turning Everyday Struggles Into Everyday Greatness by Paul G. Stoltz and Erik Weihenmayer and Stephen R. Covey

The Adversity Advantage : Turning Everyday Struggles Into Everyday Greatness by Paul G. Stoltz and Erik Weihenmayer and Stephen R. Covey (Hardcover - 2006)


  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Fireside; Reprint edition (August 10, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1439199493
  • ISBN-13: 978-1439199497

Review

"The Adversity Advantage encouraged our team to walk into the midst of the current economic adversity with optimism and look for the new opportunities that these times bring. All of our top executives have read this book — it has been an inspiration and has truly made a difference."— Al Carey, President and CEO, Frito-Lay North America

Product Description

A new 2010 Edition, updated with 130 color photographs and completely revised text featuring numerous tales of adventure to reinforce the powerful message.Turn Daily Setbacks and Dramatic Challenges into a Key Component 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 and challenges, even tragedies.
Nobody knows this better than blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and adversity expert Dr. Paul Stolz. In this exciting new edition of The Adversity Advantage, this dream-team joined forces to offer incredible experiences and practical science to teach you how to turn life challenges into a powerful advantage.
Weihenmayer, who is the only blind person to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits, shares his struggles on high mountains to turn adversity on its head and do the impossible. Co-author Stoltz has spent decades decoding the human relationship with adversity and is the creator of the globally acclaimed Adversity Quotient.
Fully revised and updated, this new edition of The Adversity Advantage offers lessons from real-life adventure, seemingly insurmountable challenges, and extensive research to help you achieve greatness. This unique book provides an exciting and insightful framework for surpassing obstacles and reaching higher goals. Its seven proven principles will help you harness the adversity in your life and turn it into agility, innovation, energy, and happiness:
TAKE IT ON!
SUMMON YOUR STRENGTH
ENGAGE YOUR CORE
PIONEER POSSIBITIES
PACK LIGHT, PACK RIGHT
SUFFER WELL
DELIVER GREATNESS, EVERY DAY
Let The Adversity Advantage inspire you to overcome obstacles, no matter how daunting!
“The very process of studying this book led me to look carefully at myself with an awareness of how the challenges of my life can be the very fuel that will enable me to swim against the stream, against cultural currents, against all forms of adversity inherent in my most important goals.”
—From the Foreword by Stephen R. Covey, Ph.D., author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

About the Author

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.

Stephen R. Covey is a renowned authority on leadership, a family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, and vice chairman of FranklinCovey Co. The author of several acclaimed books, he has also received numerous honors and awards, including being named one of Time magazine's twenty-five most influential Americans. Covey lives with his wife, Sandra, and their family in the Rocky Mountains of Utah.

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