Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life (Hardcover)

from Sovranty

Emotions happen. Acknowledge, accept and deal with them. While happiness is what is believed to be the ultimate goal for a healthy and well-adjusted life, the "pursuit of" part seems to be forgotten. This books reminds us that even negative emotions (within reason) are good for us and do not sign...

from sstaheli

I had high hopes for this book, and the premise was very compelling. Unfortunately, I felt like the author got lost in examples and bullet points. The concept of emotional agility is a critical one, but I didn't feel like this book provided much help in achieving it. Still an interesting read, bu...

from Mmccullough

Life isn't perfect and would be boring if it were. Live. Life is going to have stress, hurt feelings, mistakes will be made. Use this book to help create your life the way you really want it to be. Open up to accepting some challenges that may end in failure. Use emotional agility to break from a...

from Randy_Landes

Susan David's writings demonstrate a wealth of knowledge on the subject of better understanding your emotions and how to not let them control you. There are several point she made throughout the course of her presentation that I liked. The argument doesn't mention, but supports works like Marsha ...

from yuletopia

I have always enjoyed thinking about thinking, and so I found the book Emotional Agility to be a pleasant read. The author encourages us not to get stuck in destructive thought processes. Instead, we should create distance between ourselves and the thought, and treat the thought we are hooked on ...