Book description
In the face of hardship, you need perseverance and determination.
You need grit. But how do you build it?
This book explores how you can persist in difficult situations. You'll learn how to convince yourself to do hard things, find support in trying circumstances, and know when you're pushing yourself too hard.
This volume includes the work of:
- Angela Duckworth
- Misty Copeland
- Shannon Huffman Polson
- Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. To Build Grit, Go Back to Basics
- 2. Gauging Your Grit
- 3. How to Deal with High-Pressure Situations at Work
- 4. How to Convince Yourself to Do Hard Things
- 5. “Mentors Were What Helped Me Survive”
- 6. When to Grit—and When to Quit
- 7. Are You Pushing Yourself Too Hard?
- 8. How to Cultivate Gratitude, Compassion, and Pride
- 9. Organizational Grit
- Index
Product information
- Title: Grit (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2023
- Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
- ISBN: 9781647825621
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