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An Amazon Best Book of 2016

The counterintuitive approach to achieving your true potential heralded by the Harvard Business Review as a groundbreaking idea of the year.
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The path to personal and professional fulfillment is rarely straight. Ask anyone who has achieved his or her biggest goals or whose relationships thrive and youll hear stories of many unexpected detours along the way. What separates those who master these challenges and those who get derailed? The answer is agilityemotional agility.

Emotional agility is a revolutionary science-based approach that allows us to navigate lifes twists and turns with self-acceptance clear-sightedness and an open mind. Renowned psychologist Susan David developed this concept after studying emotions happiness and achievement for more than twenty years. She found that no matter how intelligent or creative people are or what type of personality they have it is how they navigate their inner worldtheir thoughts feelings and self-talkthat ultimately determines how successful they will become.

The way we respond to these internal experiences drives our actions?? careers?? relationships?? happiness?? health?everything that matters in our lives. As humans?? we are all prone to common hooks?things like self-doubt?? shame?? sadness?? fear?? or anger?that can too easily steer us in the wrong direction. Emotionally agile people are not immune to stresses and setbacks. The key difference is that they know how to adapt?? aligning their actions with their values and making small but powerful changes that lead to a lifetime of growth. Emotional agility is not about ignoring difficult emotions and thoughts; it??s about holding them loosely?? f