Adam Grant and Sheryl Sandberg’s book in Forbes

June 27, 2017


Adam Grant and Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, Option B, was written up in Forbes, “5 ways to build resilience, from Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant’s new book, Option B.”

The article presented five strategies for building resilience based on, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy, and offered a summary of the Grant and Sandberg’s approach to resilience, an approach that includes research and personal narrative. Recovering from trauma, grief, or difficulty requires resilience which is built through realizing that suffering is not permanent, acknowledging the situation, creating ways to be self-compassionate, counting one’s contribution, and paying attention to joy. Jane Dutton’s work on gratitude is also mentioned.