- Cover
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Stress: What’s All the Fuss?
- Chapter 2 Commitment: Why Pursuing Purpose in Life Matters
- What Is the Theory Behind Commitment?
- What We Can Learn About Commitment from Prisoners of War
- Surviving Post-Traumatic Stress: Hardiness-Commitment Versus Short-Term Pleasures
- Increasing Commitment in Your Life
- Victor Frankl: Purpose, Commitment, and Meaning
- The Role of Commitment in Success: Jim Carrey
- When Commitment Leads to Calling: The Success Factor for Musicians
- Chapter 3 Building Commitment
- Take Time to Think About What Is Important and Interesting to You
- Are You Plagued by the Work/Balance Conundrum?
- Increase Your Skills and Competence in an Area That Is Important to You
- Take Pride in Your Past Successes and Achievements
- Remember the Good Things in Your Life, and Count Your Blessings
- Spend Time with Family, Friends, and People You Care About
- Pay Attention to What’s Going On in the World Around You
- Try Out New Things
- Chapter 4 The Role of Hardiness-Challenge
- A Tale of Two Accountants
- How Challenge Prepares You for Change
- Understanding Your Mindset
- Expanding the Mindset Concept Beyond Abilities
- Why Traditional Coping Methods Don’t Always Work
- Examining the “Work of Worrying” Theory
- Stress Mindset Versus Hardiness-Challenge
- How Can We Change Mindsets?
- Physiological Differences as a Result of Your Mindset
- Hardiness-Challenge and Madonna
- Chapter 5 Building a Challenge Mindset
- Changes Are Always an Opportunity to Learn and Get Better
- Do Not Live Every Day by a Rigid Schedule
- Be Willing to Change Your Plans to Meet Changing Conditions
- Whenever You Fail at Something, Ask: What Can I Learn from This?
- Try Out New Things, Take Reasonable Risks
- Imagine Future Positive Outcomes
- Do Not Dwell on Past Disappointments: Learn, Forgive, and Look Ahead
- Chapter 6 Understanding Hardiness-Control
- Taking Control When Your Body Can’t: Michael J. Fox
- Managing Your Internal Drives
- Planning an Orderly Future
- Control: Too Much or Too Little
- Can Mental Health Problems Be Related to Control Issues?
- Can Higher Control Have Benefits at Work?
- How Control Can Make You More Effective at Work
- How Can You Start to Improve Your Control?
- Chapter 7 Getting Yourself More in Control
- Focus Your Time and Energy on Things You Can Control or Influence
- Work on Tasks That Are Within Your Capabilities, Moderately Difficult but Not Overwhelming
- For Difficult Jobs, Break Them Up into Manageable Pieces So You Can See the Progress
- Plan Ahead and Gather Up the Right Tools and Resources for the Task
- Ask for Help When You Need It
- Recognize Your Successes
- When You Just Cannot Solve a Problem, Turn Your Attention to Other Things You Can Control
- Chapter 8 How Hardiness Works to Protect Health and Performance: A Look Under the Hood
- Chapter 9 Hardiness at Work
- Chapter 10 What We Can Learn from Hardiness in High-Stakes Performance Careers
- Chapter 11 The Role of Hardiness in First Responders: Police and Firefighters
- Chapter 12 The Hardy Leader
- Chapter 13 Hardiness at the US Military Academy—West Point
- Chapter 14 Hardiness and Your Health
- Chapter 15 Moving From Life Stress to Life Success
- References
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Index
- End User License Agreement
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