Review: This book is a must read for people struggling with adversity in their lives
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2013
A decade ago I knew two men, both about the same age and both employed in sales for something like fifteen years with the same employer. They were competent and felt secure in their jobs. One day the company run into difficulty and they were retrenched. One of the two was very angry for several weeks, then he successfully started his own business. The other one, previously a very outgoing man, my neighbour actually, fell into a deep state of depression and died less than twelve months later of cancer. These two men handled adversity in very different ways.As I was reading Marquita Herald's book "Stepping Stones to Greater Resilience", I often thought of my previous neighbour and wished I had had this book when he was struggling with trying to come to terms with his retrenchment. The book of course wouldn't have fixed miraculously all his problems, but perhaps it could have motivated him at least to seek help instead of sitting often all day long in his kitchen staring at the same newspaper page.If he only could have read the chapter about Amazing Journeys in "Stepping Stones to Greater Resilience", I'm certain it would have made him think differently about his life. After all, he only lost his job, but Christa Brelsford lost her leg, Cha Sa-soon failed her driver's test 959 times, another person in the book was diagnosed with a painful medical condition. These people and many others, including Jerry Seinfeld, experienced adversity, often much more severe than my neighbour and they all overcame their miseries and challenges and moved on to happy and successful lives."Stepping Stones to Greater Resilience" can help people who find themselves in the doldrums to change and rediscover their lives.