The Adversity Advantage: Turning Everyday Struggles into Everyday Greatness

US: Touchstone, 2010. Paperback. Good. From the world's foremost blind athlete and a Harvard Business School lectu rer comes an inspiring, seven-step program for converting both mundane and dramatic struggles into the kind of fuel that spur personal and professiona l greatness. Adversity is one of the most potent forces in life. It shapes your characte r, clarifies your priorities, and defines your path. It can also fuel your greatness. Each of us faces a rich assortment of adversities every day, ran ging from minor hassles to major setbacks and challenges, even tragedies. N obody knows this better than blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and adversit y expert Dr. Paul Stolz. In this exciting new edition of The Adversity Adva ntage, this dream-team joined forces to offer incredible experiences and pr actical science to teach you how to turn life challenges into a powerful ad vantage. Weihenmayer, who is the only blind person to climb Mount Everest a nd the Seven Summits, shares his struggles on high mountains to turn advers ity on its head and do the impossible. Coauthor Stoltz has spent decades de coding the human relationship with adversity and is the creator of the glob ally acclaimed Adversity Quotient. Fully revised and updated, this new edition of The Adversity Advantage offe rs lessons from real-life adventure, seemingly insurmountable challenges, a nd extensive research to help you achieve greatness. This unique book provi des an exciting and insightful framework for surpassing obstacles and reach ing higher goals. Its seven proven principles will help you harness the adv ersity in your life and turn it into agility, innovation, energy, and happi ness: · Take it on! ·.