Hardiness: Making Stress Work for You to Achieve Your Life Goals

PRAISE FOR HARDINESSHardiness is the gift that keeps on giving. Steve and Paul have done a masterful job summarizing and integrating almost fifty years of research into one, easy-to-read, simple-to-apply manual on how to construct a life well-lived. -SCOTT A. SNOOK, PHD, MBA Class of 1958, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business SchoolI'm rushing out to buy a large stash of this book so I can give it away to everyone important to me-my kids, my friends, and the business leaders I coach. Steve Stein and Paul Bartone have created a gift for anyone who encounters stress in their life. -ALLEN MOORE, PHD, Global Lead for Executive Coaching, Korn FerryThis book is essential reading for executives wanting to improve the resilience of their people and themselves. Hardiness is full of highly practical tips and techniques on how to do just that! -PEDRO ANGULO, Head of Leadership Development, AIB Bank (Allied Irish Banks)Steven Stein and Paul Bartone have brought the topic (of resilience) into focus and provided insights to help leaders understand and promote a culture of resiliency with the goal of improved productivity, health, and the bottom line. It is a must-read! -MAJOR GENERAL RANDY MANNER, US Army, Retired, Executive CoachAs a retired U.S. Navy SEAL and now a Team and Leader Development Consultant, Hardiness: Making Stress Work for You to Achieve Your Life Goals was an excellent read. Stein and Bartone do an excellent job using data and research to correlate the hardiness components of commitment, control, and challenge to years of experience, education, and assessments. Hardiness and its components may be the linchpin development specialists have been looking for to obtain a competitive advantage. I look forward to using Hardiness to bring about clarity for my future clients. -DR. CHRIS AUGER, LCDR (ret) U.S. Navy SEALStress is an unavoidable part of life, and your health, success, and happiness depend on your ability to manage, not avoid it. With convincing evidence, practical tools, and real-life examples, Dr. Stein and Dr. Bartone show how building a hardier mindset helps overcome the most difficult circumstances and leads to higher performance. -MICHAEL KATCHEN, Cofounder and CEO of Wealthsimple, a leading financial services innovator operating in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K.