When life throws you a curveball—a setback at work, a job loss, or a painful event in your personal life—how do you react?
If you use the experience as an opportunity to get smarter, stronger, and better prepared for your next move, you may already be what co-authors Ama Marston and Stephanie Marston call a “Type R”: someone skilled at using tough times as a catalyst for growth.
We’re all familiar with hard-charging Type A personalities and the more laid-back, easygoing Type B. However, according to Type R: Transformative Resilience for Thriving in a Turbulent World, these times call for people who can “accept—and even welcome—change, failure, and disruption” and emerge from it in better shape than they were before.
Type R is packed with case studies and research on people with Type R personalities (take this self-assessment to find out which “type” you are) and lays out a six-step method for becoming more resilient.
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