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'Entertaining. Engaging. Educating.' Professor Damian Hughes, co-host of the 'High Performance' podcast
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Resilience is the buzzword of the moment. We're told that if we have it, our lives will be happy and successful ones. If we don't, we need to acquire it.

But what if the version of resilience we've been peddled is a myth?

Here, Sunday Times bestselling author Bruce Daisley demolishes a concept that has spawned a multi-million pound industry of books, workshops and courses, exposing the highly questionable science it rests on. In its place he outlines a very different approach to good mental health that embraces the latest science and research.

Offering empirically tested advice, Fortitude sets out a practical path to greater self-confidence and courage for us all.
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'Something I never knew I needed to read but I'm so glad I did, its opened up a whole angle of thinking.' Nadiya Hussain

'A fascinating and important pushback against the narrow, joy-eroding version of 'resilience' that would leave us to sink or swim alone, Fortitude is an indispensable guide to a more energising, human, and effective approach to working and thriving in a post-pandemic world.' Oliver Burkeman, author of 'Four Thousand Weeks'

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I love it . . . it hooked me right in . . . A fantastic book. -- Chris Evans

This is a truly refreshing, captivating and important book that shifted my perception on a topic I thought I knew! A must read. -- Steven Bartlett, entrepreneur and host of 'The Diary of a CEO'

A fascinating and important pushback against the narrow, joy-eroding version of 'resilience' that would leave us to sink or swim alone, Fortitude is an indispensable guide to a more energising, human, and effective approach to working and thriving in a post-pandemic world. -- Oliver Burkeman, author of 'Four Thousand Weeks'

Surprising and challenging. Fortitude encouraged me to re-think not only my work but how I live my life. -- Sarah Ellis, co-author of 'The Squiggly Career'

A book that confirms what I've always believed, that we can't be resilient on our own. In fact resilience is about all of us being stronger than any of us. -- Gary Lineker

A much needed book that unfolds the surprising secrets of resilience. Something I never knew I needed to read but I'm so glad I did, its opened up a whole angle of thinking. -- Nadiya Hussain

A fascinating analysis of resilience - what it is, what is isn't and why, when we develop it together, it becomes something better and more important, fortitude. It seems that resilience is a team game. -- Alastair Campbell

Entertaining. Engaging. Educating. Three words that sum up this cracking read, which offers a timely - and much needed - challenge to the traditional definition on resilience. -- Professor Damian Hughes, co-host of the 'High Performance' podcast

Fortitude explores and validates what most of us who work with people feel in our gut when it comes to debunking doctrine about resilience and singular toughness. A fantastic contribution. -- Dr Pippa Grange, author of 'Fearless', former Head of People & Team Development at The Football Association

Deeply thoughtful, provocative and insightful Fortitude will push you to question assumptions, think again about your life narrative and probably care more about your friends and community. -- Professor Lynda Gratton

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Bruce Daisley is a writer, consultant and one of the UK's most influential voices on the intersection of life and work. His research into better working practices has featured in publications including the Guardian, the Telegraph, Wired UK, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review and the Wall Street Journal. His podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat has been an Apple number one business podcast and has featured psychologists, neuroscientists and workplace experts including Daniel Pink, Scott Galloway, Noreena Hertz and Rutger Bregman. He was previously the European Vice-President for Twitter, the firm's most senior employee outside of the US. His first book, The Joy of Work, was a Sunday Times bestseller and has been translated into sixteen languages.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 20 April 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1847943675
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1847943675
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 234 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2 x 19.8 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 154,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Bruce Daisley is one of the world's leading experts on our evolving relationship with our jobs - published in the Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, The Guardian and the Wall Street Journal. His first book, The Joy of Work, was a Sunday Times bestseller and was translated into 15 different international editions. It was shortlisted for the CMI Business Book of the Year.

Formerly he was the European Vice-President for Twitter and is the host of the UK’s number one business podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat.

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Customers find the book's content brilliant and thought-provoking, describing it as essential reading. One customer mentions how it made them rethink various aspects, while another notes its practical approach to rebuilding personal and team strength.

A must-read for everyone. Invaluable, eyeopening, and thought-provoking while sharing many modern-day and historical examples and scientific...Read more

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this is a really good book. It's very well researched and can at times be slow to read for that reason as I wanted to be clear about which studies...Read more

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Mr John Owen
Essential reading
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I was blown away by this book. Full of genuine insights that make you see the received wisdom on “resilience” in a new light, it builds a clear and persuasive narrative which demonstrates how we rely on each other for our inner strength, not on some mythical personal quality.

I believe it’s a book everyone should read because each and every one of us will have felt the need to show individual resilience, at different times and in different circumstances. And we’ve almost certainly also felt the despair and shame that comes from feeling a lack of resilience, an inability to dig deep, stay strong and win against the odds. Our kids, our parents, our brothers and sisters, our mates and our work colleagues will all have felt this too. Sometimes we have probably been responsible for making them feel it. Not because we were being mean but because we were trying to help: we were trying to “toughen them up”. After all, if resilience means digging deep in the face adversity then it is something that we all should be able to do, right? Because, without it, our chances of getting on in the world are severely diminished. Or at least that’s the conventional view.

Bruce’s book unpicks the scientific evidence purporting to prove this. Whether you call it ‘resilience’ ‘grit’ or ‘growth mindset’ the evidence is that this is not a key factor in determining personal success. This is extraordinary when you consider that this widely influential body of work underpins much of our education system, our approach to military training and a great deal of personal and professional development practice in the workplace. It is all almost certainly a myth.

Instead, what really matters, is ‘fortitude’ - an altogether more collective phenomenon which takes proper account of context and circumstance, necessitates the support of others and, in the process, makes us all accountable for each other’s success.

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Great book for a teenager
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Bought this for our daughter and she loved it

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Nicholas
A thought-provoking and timely read
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Another incredibly researched and deeply provocative book from Bruce Daisley.

In my work with organisations, "resilience" sometimes seems like a checkbox exercise, but this book starts out by first debunking many of the common myths of what resilience even means. From there, Bruce takes is through a multitude of ideas and advice on how to collectively build resilience in teams.

This book transcends the workplace, and forces the reader to really hold a mirror up to better understanding their own motivations and preconceptions.

Anyone in a managerial position who truly cares about creating the right culture to deal with everything that is going on in the world right now should definitely read this book.

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Challenges everything you'd assumed about resilience
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I'm not a post-a-review-on-amazon sort of person but making an exception for this book which I devoured in 4-5 days (and I'm not a fast reader).

The book smartly challenges what it calls the "resilience orthodoxy" with loads of examples and enlightening perspective and then goes on to focus on the 3 things we all need in our lives - not just to be more resilient but to lead happy and fulfilled lives. If that makes it sound a bit academic or dreary then it shouldn't. Bruce has a really engaging writing style (honed by his presenting his podcast I'm sure) which makes the whole thing really accessible.

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The world needs this book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2022
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A must-read for everyone. Invaluable, eyeopening, and thought-provoking while sharing many modern-day and historical examples and scientific research around a complex topic that is ‘resiliency’ or since we now agree to drop this term for ‘fortitude’.

Bruce, the author, pulls you in with his smooth storytelling though I’d recommend to take your time to read and reread parts, gift yourself the time to digest, think. A pause will help. I’ve already added the book to my list of books to regularly reread, so not to forget the invaluable insights gained.

Will be gifting it to friends, family and colleagues.

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This book is the literary equivalent to the red or blue pill for the resilience myth.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 September 2022
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I came to this because I loved Daisley’s first book “the joy of work”, which strangely felt like a counter-revolutionary take on the whole, “love where you work/play hard work hard nonsense.” In my opinion this one is even better. Turns out we’ve spent our life being sold down the river, expected to show resilience, deal with crap and smile while doing so. Daisley sticks a big middle finger up at this. It’s a striking read on a subject you may not have realised you needed educating on.

Choose that red pill - read the bloody book

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Essential reading for workplace culture professionals
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2022
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Packed with fascinating research and insights, this brilliant book brings together some really novel ideas and articulates them in an accessible way. My copy is already covered in annotations, underlining, exclamation marks and names of people I need to speak to about specific lines. I had less of a single eureka moment as I read, but more of a constant series of them. A must read for people interested in improving workplace culture.

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An Incredible Resource For Anyone Who Cares About Resilience
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I am only 2/3rds of the way through Fortitude, and already have to come to here to review it.

It is one of the more important books I have read (and I'm not a huge book reader/ more of a book listener).

Daisley's DEEP and THOROUGH exploration of the concept is not only well supported, but his EFFORT in going deep to explore it is palpable.

I don't know how you could claim to speak on or explore resilience without this very current piece in your arsenal.

Thank you Bruce Daisley for your work.
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