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Bright Triumphs From Dark Hours : Turning Adversity into Success / David Heenan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) : 12 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824834302
  • 9780824860554
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.24 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Part I. Crusaders -- 1. Making the Grade -- 2. Aim for the Stars -- 3. Miracle in Manhattan -- 4. Hoop Dreams -- Part Two. Combatants -- 5. Shattering Stereotypes -- 6. The Frozen Chosin -- 7. Sacagawea: The Legendary Bird Woman -- Part Three. Comeback Kids -- 8. Lost at Sea -- 9. Boardroom Brouhaha -- 10. Second Act -- 11. Strategies for a Bright Triumph -- Notes -- Index
Summary: The dark hours: They occur when we find things spiraling out of control, when we feel most vulnerable and incapable of finding a solution. In a world often turned dark and cold, more and more people seem to be trapped in nightmarish circumstances. Americans, the world's optimists, when faced with an intractable situation, are taught to believe that through hardwork and will power they can "beat the odds." Yet, according to David Heenan, keeping one's nose to the grindstone may actually make things worse.Bright Triumphs From Dark Hours examines the lives of ten extraordinary people who overcame great adversity in their personal or professional lives by applying winning strategies that guided them out of the darkness of near-defeat and into the light of success. From New York City school chancellor Joel Klein taking on the monumental task of overhauling the city's embattled public school system to renowned scientist Shirley Ann Jackson breaking down barriers to become the first African American woman to receive a doctorate from MIT and head a major research university to retired U.S. Navy Commander Scott Waddle reshaping his life after the Ehime Maru disaster--in these inspiring stories Heenan identifies key strategies that helped each person stay upbeat in the swirling vortex of tough times. The final chapter outlines these practices in greater detail and explains how they can be used to create personal roadmaps to negotiate life's darkest hours--from which come its greatest successes, its brightest triumphs.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Part I. Crusaders -- 1. Making the Grade -- 2. Aim for the Stars -- 3. Miracle in Manhattan -- 4. Hoop Dreams -- Part Two. Combatants -- 5. Shattering Stereotypes -- 6. The Frozen Chosin -- 7. Sacagawea: The Legendary Bird Woman -- Part Three. Comeback Kids -- 8. Lost at Sea -- 9. Boardroom Brouhaha -- 10. Second Act -- 11. Strategies for a Bright Triumph -- Notes -- Index

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The dark hours: They occur when we find things spiraling out of control, when we feel most vulnerable and incapable of finding a solution. In a world often turned dark and cold, more and more people seem to be trapped in nightmarish circumstances. Americans, the world's optimists, when faced with an intractable situation, are taught to believe that through hardwork and will power they can "beat the odds." Yet, according to David Heenan, keeping one's nose to the grindstone may actually make things worse.Bright Triumphs From Dark Hours examines the lives of ten extraordinary people who overcame great adversity in their personal or professional lives by applying winning strategies that guided them out of the darkness of near-defeat and into the light of success. From New York City school chancellor Joel Klein taking on the monumental task of overhauling the city's embattled public school system to renowned scientist Shirley Ann Jackson breaking down barriers to become the first African American woman to receive a doctorate from MIT and head a major research university to retired U.S. Navy Commander Scott Waddle reshaping his life after the Ehime Maru disaster--in these inspiring stories Heenan identifies key strategies that helped each person stay upbeat in the swirling vortex of tough times. The final chapter outlines these practices in greater detail and explains how they can be used to create personal roadmaps to negotiate life's darkest hours--from which come its greatest successes, its brightest triumphs.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)