Book description
Strengthen your confidence, positivity, and resilience with Manga for Success!
Resilience, Confidence, and Positive Thinking: Manga for Success will show you how to change your perspective to improve your wellbeing. This manga tells the story of Reisa, who recently started a new job at an advertising agency. Overwhelmed and stressed by the new workload and criticism from her boss, her mental health starts to suffer. One day, Reisa runs into Tsuyoshi, an old college friend. Captivated by Tsuyoshi's strong self-esteem and confidence, she asks for his advice. To help Reina relieve her mental fatigue, break out of her negative mindset, and rebuild her confidence, Tsuyoshi suggests resilience tips he adopted abroad. Following his advice, Reina addresses the roots of her habitual negativity, begins to positively control her emotions, starts to turn around her relationships with her peers, and becomes the best version of herself.
- Understand the principles of positive psychology and resilience, including Bandura’s self-efficacy theory, and learn how they can easily be applied in your life
- Learn how to watch out for emotional vampires, build your self-empowerment, and control negative emotions
- Gain skills for overcoming negativity and disappointments, while building a strong mind and heart
Discover why manga for businesspeople is so wildly popular in Japan, China, Korea, and elsewhere. Resilience, Confidence, and Positive Thinking: Manga for Success is fun to read—and it could just change your life!
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Prologue: Resilience Is…
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Part 1: Controlling Negative Emotions
- Story 2: I See, so I Was Exhausted
- 1 How to Not Be Swayed by Negative Emotions
- 2 Negative Is Stronger Than Positive
- 3 Emotions Are Hiding in the Shadows of Problematic Behavior
- 4 Irritation and Anxiety Are Contagious
- 5 The Positive Role That Negative Emotions Play
- 6 The Three Methods of Controlling Emotions
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Part 2: Taming Negative Assumptions
- Story 3: How to Hang Out with an Assumption Dog
- 1 What Are Assumptions?
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2 Taming Assumptions
- The Seven Types of Negative Assumptions
- The Righteous Dog (The “Should Be” Mindset)
- The Loser Dog (The Devaluing Mindset)
- The Worrywart Dog (The Pessimistic Mindset)
- The Abandoning Dog (The Powerless Mindset)
- The Apologetic Dog (The Self‐Accusing Mindset)
- The Criticism Dog (The Blaming Others Mindset)
- The Apathetic Dog (The Irresponsible Mindset)
- Become Aware of Your Assumptions
- 3 Three Ways to Deal with Assumption Dogs
- Part 3: Get Social Support
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Part 4: Restoring Your Self‐Confidence
- Story 5: Learn How to Work with Confidence
- 1 Why Are You Unable to Feel Confident?
- 2 The Psychological Resources to Heighten Self‐Confidence
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3 How to Raise Your Self‐Efficacy
- Four Sources of Efficacy Beliefs
- What You Need to Tie Accomplishments to Self‐Efficacy
- How to Handle Failure
- Build Up Small Achievements
- Examples Increase Confidence
- Encouragement Becomes the Source of Self‐Confidence
- Positive Attitudes Stimulate Self‐Confidence
- “Places” Where You Can Feel Positive
- Self‐Efficacy Can Help
- Part 5: Putting Your Strengths to Good Use at Work
- Epilogue: 2 Years Later
- Conclusion
- References
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Resilience, Confidence, and Positive Thinking
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2023
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781394176106
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