Staying up in Down Times & Beyond:
Creating Resilience, Results, and Real Rewarads - With Whatever Life Throws You!
By Bruce Elkin
E-book available on: http://www.bruceelkin.com/staying-up-e-book.html 2009
"I really love this book – it’s about how real people can deal with the mess and complexity of real life. It is about resilience and helping you to reframe things so that you can do something about them.
"It gives practical examples, simple models and is written in an easy, comfortable style. It is written from the appreciative perspective – What is good about me? What do I do well? What gives me joy? What really matters to me?
"Bruce introduces the skill set you need to develop in order to be resilient, he talks about how you deal with ‘wicked’ problems (those messy, complex, bug-bear problems we all face occasionally). He helps you to set up a structure which enables you to create your way out of the wicked problem and through to resilience. He provides case studies that show you how others have done this. These help you to see how you can do it too.
"Bruce is an accomplished coach and this comes across in his writing. His ‘why’ is enabling others to bloom. Best of all, the book is free – available now for download. Read it and enjoy!"
-Patricia Lustig, Consultant, LASA Development UK Ltd
http://www.lasadev.com/index.htm
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REFLECTIONS
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" Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born."
~ Dale E. Turner
"Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up."
~ Pearl S. Buck
"Giving is as good for the giver as it is for the receiver. Science says it's so. We'll be happier, healthier, and even–odds are–live a little longer if we're generous.
–Dr. Stephen G. Post
"I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver."
Maya Angelou
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
- William Arthur Ward
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!
~Hamilton Wright Mabie
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Why not take some some over the next few days or weeks to reflect on these quotes?
Pick one and mull it over. Ask yourself if it contains a lesson for you. Try to think of ways to apply the lessons you find in these quotes to your life, relationships, and work. I think doing so will add a deeper dimension to the spirit of this season of rebirth and returning life.
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