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1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"What is it you want out of life? It could be financial success, recognition of your achievements, satisfying relationships, meaningful work, being a more competitive athlete, or coping better with challenges such as a serious illness. Whatever your goal may be, you've likely encountered obstacles holding you back and impeding your success. One of the biggest of these barriers is often stress. Stress can be addressed in a number of ways, but three, based on 30 years of psychological research, have been found to be most important manifestations. People who master these three areas of stress, or hardiness, as we prefer to call it, enjoy more of life's rewards and, research suggests, they tend to live longer lives. We refer to these as the 3 C's, commitment, control, and challenge. This book contains real-life examples, exercises, and activities for increasing your hardiness. Learning to embrace the 3 C's can help everyone, from all walks of life, move toward becoming healthier, more self-actualized, and increasingly satisfied with their lives and futures. Together, we will introduce readers to their new potential made possible by a better understanding of hardiness"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
1. Stress: What's all the fuss? : Stress: it's unavoidable ; Your body's response to stress ; Hardiness can make a big difference in how you cope with stress ; Introducing the three Cs |
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2. Commitment: Why pursuing purpose in life matters : What Is the theory behind commitment? ; What we can learn about commitment from prisoners of war ; Surviving post-traumatic stress: hardiness-commitment versus short-term pleasures ; Increasing commitment in your life ; Victor Frankl: purpose, commitment, and meaning ; The role of commitment in success: Jim Carrey ; When commitment leads to calling: the success factor for musicians |
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3. Building commitment : Take time to think about what is important and interesting to you ; Are you plagued by the work/balance conundrum? ; Increase your skills and competence in an area that is important to you ; Take pride in your past successes and achievements ; Remember the good things in your life, and count your blessings ; Spend time with family, friends, and people you care about ; Pay attention to what's going on in the world around you ; Try out new things |
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4. The role of hardiness-challenge : A tale of two accountants ; How challenge prepares you for change ; Understanding your mindset ; Expanding the mindset concept beyond abilities ; Why traditional coping methods don't always work ; Examining the "Work of worrying" theory ; Stress mindset versus hardiness-challenge ; How can we change mindsets? ; Physiological differences as a result of your mindset ; Hardiness-challenge and Madonna |
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5. Building a challenge mindset : Changes are always an opportunity to learn and get better ; Do not live every day by a rigid schedule ; Be willing to change your plans to meet changing conditions ; Whenever you fail at something, ask "What can I learn from this?" ; Try out new things, take reasonable risks ; Imagine future positive outcomes ; Do not dwell on past disappointments: learn, forgive, and look ahead |
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6. Understanding hardiness-control : Taking control when your body can't / Michael J. Fox ; Managing your internal drives ; Planning an orderly future ; Control: too much or too little ; Can mental health problems be related to control issues? ; Can higher control have benefits at work? ; How control can make you more effective at work ; How can you start to improve your control? |
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7. Getting yourself more in control : Focus your time and energy on things you can control or influence ; Work on tasks that are within your capabilities, moderately difficult but not overwhelming ; For difficult jobs, break them up into manageable pieces so you can see the progress ; Plan ahead and gather up the right tools and resources for the task ; Ask for help when you need it ; Recognize your successes ; When you just cannot solve a problem, turn your attention to other things you can control |
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8. How hardiness works to protect health and performance : The hardy stress response: appraising the situation ; The hardy stress response: reacting to stress ; Positively adapting to stress ; Stress and the heart: the role of hardiness ; Stress and the immune system ; Putting hardiness to work for you |
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9. Hardiness at work : Driving a bus is no walk in the park ; Does hardiness influence your career choice? ; Hardiness scores of healthcare professionals ; What do we know about hardiness and work satisfaction? ; Challenges versus hindrances at work ; Practicing hardiness in the legal profession ; Putting your hardiness to work |
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10. What we can learn from hardiness in high-stakes performance careers : Playing out hardiness as a musical director ; Secrets of long-term success as an entertainer ; Looking at hardiness in young performing musicians ; Hardiness in sports ; Winning the US tennis open ; What you can learn from increasing hardiness ; Levels in competitive swimmers |
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11. The role of hardiness in first responders : Hardiness and policing ; One way that firefighters cope with stress ; Hardiness and homicide police investigator Mark Mendelson ; Can hardiness help in the selection of police officers? ; Some things we can learn from first responders |
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12. The hardy leader : World's 50 greatest leaders ; Coaching hardiness ; Coaching techniques to build hardiness |
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13. Hardiness at the US Military Academy: West Point : Welcome to West Point ; Becoming leaders ; Women at West Point ; Who drops out? Hardiness and the ability to persist ; Portrait of a hardy cadet ; Beyond West Point ; Making yourself a hardy leader |
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14. Hardiness and your health : Hardiness and heart disease ; Hardiness and diabetes ; Hardiness and the immune system ; Hardiness and cancer ; Hardiness and arthritis ; Health, hardiness, and social support ; Hardiness and sleep ; Hardiness and health habits ; Using the three Cs of hardiness to stay healthy |
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15. Moving from life stress to life success : From tragic loss to uplifting the lives of others ; Transcending one's circumstances ; From tragedy to the world stage ; New life in a new country: struggles and achievements ; Physical fitness, hardiness, and the stress of a child's life-threatening illness ; Conclusion. |
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Stress (Psychology)
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Adjustment (Psychology)
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Self-actualization (Psychology)
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Success.
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Stress, Psychological |
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Achievement |
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Emotional Adjustment |
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Stress. |
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Ajustement (Psychologie) |
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Succès. |
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Adjustment (Psychology) |
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Self-actualization (Psychology) |
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Stress (Psychology) |
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Success |
| Added Author |
Bartone, Paul T., 1952- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stein, Steven (Steven J.). Hardiness. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2020] 9781119584452 (DLC) 2019038396 |
| ISBN |
9781119584827 (electronic book) |
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1119584825 (electronic book) |
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1119584817 (electronic book) |
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9781119584810 (electronic bk.) |
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(hardcover) |
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