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内容简介
From Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks.
After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. "I was in 'the void, '" she writes, "a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe." Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build.
Option B combines Sheryl's personal insights with Adam's eye-opening research on finding strength in the face of adversity. Beginning with the gut-wrenching moment when she finds her husband, Dave Goldberg, collapsed on a gym floor, Sheryl opens up her heart--and her journal--to describe the acute grief and isolation she felt in the wake of his death. But Option B goes beyond Sheryl's loss to explore how a broad range of people have overcome hardships including illness, job loss, sexual assault, natural disasters, and the violence of war. Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevere . . . and to rediscover joy.
Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. Even after the most devastating events, it is possible to grow by finding deeper meaning and gaining greater appreciation in our lives. Option B illuminates how to help others in crisis, develop compassion for ourselves, raise strong children, and create resilient families, communities, and workplaces. Many of these lessons can be applied to everyday struggles, allowing us to brave whatever lies ahead. Two weeks after losing her husband, Sheryl was preparing for a father-child activity. "I want Dave," she cried. Her friend replied, "Option A is not available," and then promised to help her make the most of Option B.
We all live some form of Option B. This book will help us all make the most of it.
2015年,雪柔·桑德伯格的丈夫Dave,在健身房突然倒下后便没有再起。面对丈夫猝逝恶耗的雪柔及两个孩子悲痛不已,陷入了庞大的虚空,她更坚信,他们将再也无法感受到喜悦与意义。
就在失去丈夫的两周后,雪柔正为了一次父子活动做准备,她悲伤的向朋友哭诉「我想要Dave」,朋友只回答她:「Option A(首*的理想人生)已不可能。」,但也同时与她约定,一定会一同将Option B过得精采无比。
于是,如同在《挺身而进》雪柔.桑德伯格透过自身的经历与故事,激发了全球数百万的读者;《Option B》则是她再次与读者分享,自己面临生命的巨大挫折以及找寻再起力量的心路历程。
《Option B》不仅包含雪柔.桑德伯格以无比的勇气与真诚,温暖地向读者袒露自己面对失去挚爱的经历,好友亚当.格兰特也将人们如何面对逆境的*新研究发现,交织在本书中。带来许多人们从生命的各种挫折中复原,甚至变得更为坚强的动人案例故事。
若你正面对着生活中的不顺遂,本书提供了许多可以如何面对的深刻洞见;若你身边有需要支持的人,你亦能在其中找寻到如何帮助他们的方法。而其实,从挫折里浴火新生并不罕见,人们的韧性(resilience)是如此动人,经过磨难人们往往不仅是站起,而是升华为更棒的自己。桑德伯格与格兰特更发现,对于韧性(resilience)的锻链也不必然需要遭逢困境,我们能够教养出充满韧性,心理强健的孩子,并且创造相互支持的社区与工作团队。让所有人在生命里找到意义、爱与欢乐。
就如同雪柔.桑德伯格写到:「Dave的死在许多方面都深深地改变了我,我学习到哀伤有多深、失去有多残酷。但我也学习到,当生命将你拖至水渊身处时,你绝对可以朝底部往下一蹬,破水而出,再次呼吸。」跟着本书,一同找到回弹力,过得无比精彩!
作者简介
SHERYL SANDBERG is chief operating officer at Facebook and international best-selling author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. Prior to Facebook, she was vice president of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google. She previously served as chief of staff for the United States Treasury Department and began her career as an economist with the World Bank. She received B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard University. Sandberg serves on the boards of Facebook, The Walt Disney Company, Survey Monkey, ONE, and Women for Women International, and chairs the board of LeanIn.Org.
ADAM GRANT is a psychologist and Wharton’s top-rated professor. As the New York Times best-selling author of Originals and Give and Take, he is a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, and live more generous and creative lives. He has been recognized as one of the world’s twenty-five most influential management thinkers and received distinguished scholarly achievement awards from the American Psychological Association and the National Science Foundation. He serves as a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times. Grant earned his B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.,,,
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