Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A masterpiece of warrior wisdom: how to be resilient, how to overcome obstacles not by “positive thinking” or self-esteem, but by positive action. The best-selling author, Navy SEAL, and humanitarian Eric Greitens offers a self-help book unlike any other.
“Eric Greitens provides a brilliant and brave course of action to help navigate life’s roughest waters.”—Admiral Mike Mullen, seventeenth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
In 2012, Eric Greitens unexpectedly heard from a former SEAL comrade, a brother-in-arms he hadn’t seen in a decade. Zach Walker had been one of the toughest of the tough. But ever since he returned home from war to his young family in a small logging town, he’d been struggling. Without a sense of purpose, plagued by PTSD, and masking his pain with heavy drinking, he needed help.
Zach and Eric started writing and talking nearly every day, as Eric set down his thoughts on what it takes to build resilience in our lives. Eric’s letters — drawing on both his own experience and wisdom from ancient and modern thinkers — are now gathered and edited into this timeless guidebook.
Greitens shows how we can build purpose, confront pain, practice compassion, develop a vocation, find a mentor, create happiness, and much more. Resilience is an inspiring meditation for the warrior in each of us.
“This book is a gift not only to Greitens’s comrades-in-arms, but to readers everywhere.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
Publisher : Harvest
Publication date : May 3, 2016
Edition : Reprint
Language : English
Print length : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 0544705262
ISBN-13 : 978-0544705265
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.31 x 0.85 x 8 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #70,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #622 in Success Self-Help #648 in Happiness Self-Help #1,264 in Personal Transformation Self-Help
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Life-changing
Resilience, by Eric Greitens, is a book I will re-read many times to come for the rest of my life. I am currently reading it for the fifth time and am still amazed at the life-changing wisdom the book contains.Packed with knowledge that’s applicable in everyday life, ranging from ancient stoics to contemporary fashion designers, the tone of the book is one of humility and dignity. Greitens repeatedly reassures the reader he is in no way pretending to be exhaustive in his approach or knowledge, or claiming rights to the concepts he is describing – he is merely standing on the shoulders of giants, and tries to pass on their wisdom. The way the book is composed, in the form of letters to a friend who is is going through a rough patch, works extremely well, as it allows Greitens to touch on several of life’s “big themes”, such as Vocation, Identity, Death, and Friendship.Simultaneously Greitens weaves in his own experiences as a Navy Seal, as a humanitarian, as a Rhodes Scholar, as a boxing champion, and as a friend to his Navy Seals BUD/s buddy, who is struggling hard after hitting a low in his personal life.This is a book so well written, so eloquently worded, and so courageous in scope, tackling the big themes in life without being arrogant and preachy, but truly aiming to provide insights in how to overcome hardships in life in order to continue to live a life worth living.And most importantly: Mr. Greitens has skin in the game. He does not just tell his readers “how to live a better life”; he himself is a Navy Seal that’s also a Rhodes scholar, an Oxford Boxing Champion who spent years doing humanitarian work. Truly a Homo Universalis in the best historical sense of the word, someone I look up to immensely.Mr. Greitens not only talks the talk, he leads by example, and walks the walk better than 99% of other writers that tell readers how to live better.Truly inspirational. I hope Mr Greitens will become president of the USA one day, and not only Governor of Missouri.For now: Do not hesitate. Read this book, and thank me later.
John F. Herberger –
Both Inspiring and Practical (even for this liberal)
I absolutely love this book and I am not of a military mindset whatsoever. This is a compassionate and realistic exchange between 2 Navy Seals (although it is more of one soldier giving advice to another soldier who is suffering) When I read this book I often only read a few pages and then put the book down in order to contemplate the message/meaning in the author’s advice. It would be easy for me to breeze through this book since I am very moved and inspired by the author’s words – but if I did that, I’d be missing something.The author pulls from the philosophical (especially Stoic) world, the spiritual world, the world of science, history and poetry. Most of all he is practical in his advice. None of the references to poetry or philosophy, etc., are lofty or written from an ivory tower. They are grounded.I was actually quite surprised how much I enjoyed this book. I was surprised how much I came to better understand the military and how more receptive I became to those I know – who serve or have served.I saw the author interviewed by Jon Stewart, which led me to this book. I tend to lean on the liberal side and the author is more conservative. In a time, when we as a country tend to be polarizing this book is such a wonderful meeting ground. I saw recently that the author is running for Governor – and I do not hold to many of the political views he holds (if I lived in his state I probably would not vote for him). That being said, I admire this man, this book and the work he has done with veterans. I hope you give this book a read, especially if you tend to be more liberal (like me), because here is a place that I find common ground to stand on.PS I gifted this book to 2 veterans I know and they love it.
Anthony Ramirez –
A must read
Incredible book. Very thought provoking and inspiring
Antonios Paraschakis –
Valid life compass manual.
The author shows a profound/admirable knowledge of history, mythology and philosophy. The book is structured in the form of letters to a former colleague of his, which is interesting and uncommon. You can read the chapters pretty much in random order. At times it gets a little boring and repetitive (if it was 50 pages shorter, the difference would be minimal). A good book for late adolescence/early adulthood provided that the reader loves reading books with a certain depth in the analysis and/or wants to build character with future-proof “bricks”. Not a trivial goal…
Sdien –
Ein unglaubliches Buch. Bodenständig und wegweisend.
AJD –
My partner and I have now purchased 4 more copies of this book to give as gifts to friends. Excellent practical and accessible wisdom in this book. I think there is something in it for everyone. Very engaging and valuable read.
Amazon Customer –
I’ve been going through the darkest(emotinal) time of my life – DivorceSuicidal ideation is always at the back off my mind (good days bad days)I picked this book up one sunday afternoon and read for 5mins and it bought tears to my eyes”Warriors DO NOT take their own life’s”
krishnadev –
Eric Greitens, former navy SEAL is a master wordsmith. This book is a collection of letters written to his fellow SEAL, a friend and colleague who has fallen down on hard times. The book shines with strength and a resolute optimism as Eric gives a methodical plan to his former team mate on how to overcome the difficulties and build a resilient life. Eric’s profound knowledge of Classical Greek is reflected on almost every page as he expounds ancient wisdom with hard won experience gained during their BUD/S training and as an active duty SEAL. What truly helps this book is that prior to becoming a SEAL, Eric had travelled the world extensively. He shares many inspiring examples of hope and courage from war torn and destitute regions of the world. Overall, a brilliant read, an outstanding sequel to his earlier book “The heart and the first”
Patricia Rosa Malinski –
Excelente leitura! Muitos “insights”! Não vejo a hora de ser traduzido para o português, tenho vários amigos que adorarão ler este livro!