Dear Career-net Colleagues,
In case it is of interest, I want to let you know about my new book,
EMOTIONAL AGILITY, which is is currently the #1 Bestseller in Psychology and Emotions on Amazon UK. (
http://amzn.to/1SReXkC)
Written for a mainstream audience, EMOTIONAL AGILITY describes the inner skills that help us to adapt and thrive in life in the context of the distractions, changes, and challenges that come our way. These skills are directly relevant to navigating careers.
Key themes in 'psychological research' language (as different, more mainstream phrasing is used in the book) include:
- Emotions as functional.
- The paradoxical effects of emotion/thought suppression and rumination.
- The development of a 'meta' emotional skills and meta thought skills.
- The impact of emotion processing on well-being and change.
- How values, rather than being abstract 'nice-to-haves' exert a critical buffering effect that protect us from unconscious biases, assist in habit change, and in help us to be more resilient.
- That these skills help us to be gritty (persevering and focused) but also, and just as importantly, to know when to adjust our goals and sometimes even to quit.
- The importance of discomfort (vs avoidance) to our own wellbeing and growth.
- How tweaks to our mindsets, motivations and habits, are critical to change and growth.
- How to Raise Emotionally Agile children.
- Emotional Agility at work.
EMOTIONAL AGILITY has been a labor of love. I am very excited with how it has turned out and with the feedback that it's getting. (I've included some of the blurbs below).
With warm regards,
Sue
"The wisdom of Susan David's innovative insights is only made more impressive by its practicality. Her deep understanding of psychology is matched with clear, real-world steps to more effective leadership."
- HELEN CLARK
37th Prime Minister of New Zealand; Administrator of the UN Development Program
An accessible reader friendly voyage. Emotional Agility can be helpful to anyone.
- DANIEL GOLEMAN
Bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence
"In Emotional Agility, Susan David teaches us to understand - and to communicate in - the unspoken language of emotion to better align how we feel with what we do. Drawing on her work as one of our leading researchers on the science of emotions, David writes with authority, compassion and insight. Essential reading."
- SUSAN CAIN
Bestselling author of Quiet
"Susan David is a leading authority on how our thoughts, emotions and motives can empower or derail us. Her work combines compelling research, an engaging style, and practical wisdom to show people how to create meaningful change in their lives in order to thrive."
- PETER SALOVEY
President of Yale University; Originator of the Concept of Emotional Intelligence
Susan David, Ph.D.
CEO, Evidence Based Psychology
Co-founder, Institute of Coaching a McLean/a Harvard Medical School Affiliate
Harvard Medical School