The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver - Couverture rigide

Biswas–Diener, Robert

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ISBN 10 : 0470917423 ISBN 13 : 9780470917428

Editeur : Jossey Bass Wiley, 2012

Synopsis

The keys to understanding and developing courage This groundbreaking book reveals that courage is more about managing fear than not feeling it, and that courage can be learned. The author explains that most courageous people are unaware of their own bravery, and all of us have some form of courage in our lives now, to start with. The book is filled with illustrative examples, studies, and interviews from Greenland to Kenya, and defines the types of individuals who demonstrate general, personal, and civil courage. The author includes clear guidelines and suggestions for increasing our ability to be courageous. * Includes guidelines that show how anyone can ramp-up their courage quotient and develop the qualities that strengthen personal courage * Contains a wealth of examples and anecdotes of real-world courage from a variety of cultures * A prolific writer, the author has a popular blog Psychology Today The author extols the virtues of personal courage and shows how to overcome fear and stand up for what is right.

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À propos de l?auteur

Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener is widely known as the "Indiana Jones of positive psychology" because his research has taken him to such far-flung places as Greenland, India, Kenya, and Israel. The foremost authority on positive psychology coaching, he is managing director of Positive Acorn LLC (www.positiveacorn.com). His work has been featured in Time, Newsweek, O!, Vogue, Reader's Digest, and on NPR. Biswas-Diener lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and children. He is afraid of quicksand and snakes.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jossey Bass Wiley
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0470917423
• ISBN 13: 9780470917428
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible