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I admire the author, but didn't love this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2020

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I found this book a bit more about her personal journey, than about actual business principles. For me, as a business reader, it's a skip. But if you want to read a story about a person's resilience during personal trials (more than a true evaluation of "Option B's . . .", this might be good.

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Chrissy C

Not what I expected

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 May 2019

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There were a few helpful paragraphs in this book but I found it to be too full of psychobabble.

Leserin

Very American

Reviewed in Germany on 21 May 2017

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I bought this book after my mother passed away, and while it does have some helpful insights, it has that relentlessly upbeat tone many of us non-Americans have come to dread in self-help books from the US. In addition, when it doesn't hit you over the head with statistics, it hits you over the head with religion. This can make for a rather exhausting and annoying reading experience and takes away from the good info that is there as well. I came away from this book more aggravated than anything.

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Bilal A. Hasan

Diary of a grieving widow

Reviewed in Canada on 15 August 2018

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I learnt a few things from this book, and I was reassured of some things I already knew at some level because Sheryl and Adam put them down in words; for example: Self-confidence is "critical" to happiness and success. Counting our blessings does not boost our confidence, but counting our contributions can. Children respond better to adversity when they have a growth mindset instead of a fixed one, i.e., when they see abilities as skills that can be learnt and developed versus when they see them as something we're either born with or not. Findings from the "Love Lab" about bids for attention and the partners' turning towards or turning away being indicative of whether the relationship is resilient or not.

To my dismay though, I found this book to be utterly devoid of objectivity. It reads like a diary of someone who is still grieving interspersed with anecdotes on the psychology of loss, grief, and related states and abilities: It is decidedly personal, biased, rambling, anecdotal, and disappointing. I feel someone should have told Sheryl that one or two years is not enough distance from the trauma of loss for an objective review of the situation. Why didn't Adam see this baffles me! But Sheryl herself quotes her mentor from Google Larry Brilliant telling her that, "A day of joy is fifteen minutes. A day of pain is fifteen years." Fifteen years sounds right.

One more thing: Intentional or not the book also reveals aspects of living a life of privilege in the United States.

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Ekoms

Lack of objectivity and depth

Reviewed in Canada on 8 November 2018

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This book is more like a personal diary / ramble focusing on the experience of one person instead of a objective analysis of a general situation and possible solutions.
I was expecting rather a rational multi-case review, but it turns out to be a quite emotional journey of the first author.

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Charu1007

Depressing but true

Reviewed in India on 20 July 2019

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Gives lots of gyan on how to manage personal loss and tragedy. It's not a business book, but a personal management on how to manage grieving. May not be a rosy read

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Wish it had been more succinct.

Reviewed in Canada on 29 December 2017

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I skipped over many of the extraneous anecdotes in order to get to the expert advice on building resilience. Sheryl’s tragic story and Adam’s insightful knowledge could have made a great magazine article which would have been a very useful read.

marrowg

and rather boring for me personally

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 August 2017

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I appreciate the way she wants to share her story and tell us how she cope with the loss.
But it is not a self help book. and rather boring for me personally.
Not sure why it has such a good review.
Not my type of books.
May be a holiday ready for somebody who want t read a life story of someone else.

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HalleysComet

It's Not About Resilience -- It's About How Sheryl Sandberg Processed Her Grief.

Reviewed in the United States on 27 May 2017

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I really wanted to like this book, but here's how it disappointed me:
- It's not about resilience, it's about how Sheryl Sandberg process her grief.
- As a result, it's a sad -- very sad book -- a downer -- but not particularly helpful.
- I wanted to learn more about resilience. The book would have been more universal if more of Adam Grant's research had been cited, discussed, etc. Instead, it felt like a cheap literary device to make Sheryl seem more credible.
- She still speaks from a woman of privilege -- She must have mentioned at least 5x that her mother slept next to her in her bed each night for a month. Then her sister in law took over. Very few of us would have a mother who could do that. Maybe I'm jealous. My mom's dead. But even still, not sure my mom would have done this for me even thought I know she loved me.
- When I read that after 4 months, Sheryl was getting excited about flirty emails from guys, it made me feel that she was not so much a loving, despondent widow, but a needy one.
Why then did I give it 2 stars instead of 1? Because I like her. She has a very authentic voice, her Facebook posts were admirable, she's made Facebook a kinder, more gentler place, and most of all, I can't imagine losing my husband. I feel for her.

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Nick Cicchino

Facing adversity?

Reviewed in the United States on 13 November 2020

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In my professional opinion this book was NOT what I expected. When you speak or write about resiliency or being resilient you MUST discuss ADAPTIVE COPING MECHANISMS. This book failed to discuss what is truly needed to overcome adversities: self-esteem, self-awareness, and having an above average levels of EQ/EI (Emotional Quotient/Emotional Intelligence as well as Adversity Quotient (AQ).

As for finding "joy" as the authors suggests; that's totally subjective first and foremost. The so called 'experts' say that time heals everything. That is not necessarily true.

“Time doesn’t heal anything; however, it does provide you an opportunity to adjust to a newer and different life than the life you previously had.” – Dr. Nick C. Cicchino © 2017

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