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    Adaptability: How To Survive Change You Didn't Ask For
    Adaptability: How To Survive Change You Didn't Ask For
    Adaptability: How To Survive Change You Didn't Ask For
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    Adaptability: How To Survive Change You Didn't Ask For

    Written by M.J. Ryan

    Narrated by M.J. Ryan

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    “Change is hard,” we say, and it is even harder when change is thrust upon us. In today's tough times, we may be forced to reinvent our career or downsize our lives; at any point in life, we may lose a love or a dream. Our first reaction to change we didn't ask for may be to rail against fate. But what if we could see past today's turmoil and spot the opportunities that lie within unasked-for change? That is the promise of AdaptAbility, bestselling author and executive coach M. J. Ryan's paradigm-shifting new book on not merely surviving but thriving when change is required.

    Why is it so hard to accept change? Paradoxically, it is for the very reason that our brains usually work so well; we are designed to learn something and make it automatic. The problem is that when circumstances change, our “efficient” brains keep trying to do things the same old way. In AdaptAbility, Ryan provides strategies to retrain your brain and optimize your response to change, step by step: by first accepting the new reality, then expanding your options, and finally, taking effective action. She offers cutting-edge tools for becoming calmer, less fearful, and more flexible, creative, and resourceful in your thinking. Best of all, as your “adapt-ability” increases, so does your confidence that you will be able to face whatever life sends your way and find new ways to
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateJul 7, 2009
    ISBN9781596594302
    Adaptability: How To Survive Change You Didn't Ask For
    Author

    M.J. Ryan

    Known internationally as an expert on change, M.J. Ryan works as an executive coach to senior executives and entrepreneurs around the world to accelerate business success and personal fulfillment. She combines a practical approach gained as the CEO of a book publishing company with methodologies from neuroscience, positive psychology and asset-focused learning to help clients and readers more easily meet their goals. Her clients include Royal Dutch Shell, Microsoft, Time, the U.S. military, and Aon Hewitt. She's a partner with the Levo League career network and the lead venture coach at SheEO, an organization offering a new funding and support model for female entrepreneurs. She's the founder of Conari Press, creator of the New York Times bestselling Random Acts of Kindness series, and author of many books, including, Habit Changers: 81 Game-Changing Mantras to Mindfully Realize Your Goals.

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    • 5/5
      Another book that is now part of my physical library collection.

      Super David Scott
    • 5/5
      This is a very nice book/ audiobook! It's not the strongest among us who has the best capacity to survive or thrive but it's one with the greatest capability to adapt!