POWER TO PREVAIL --- TURNING YOUR ADVERSITIES INTO ADVANTAGES by David Foster. Warner Faith/AOL Time Warner, 2003
INTRODUCTION (pii-xii)
[1] Dreaming of the perect world (pvii-ix)
[2] What bible are you reading?
1) Turning crawling into climbing (p1-16)
2) Turning grief into gladness (p17-31)
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.! Quote by William James
3) Turning rejection into right directions (p33-46)
4) Turning jealousy into joy (p47-60)
5) Turning fear into faith (p61-76)
6) Turning dreads into dreams (p77-92)
7) Turning can't into can (p93-105)
8) Turning anxiety into action (p107-119)
"It is in this whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning!" Quote by M. Scott Peck
[1] Four types of people (p108-112)
[2] Trust and try (p112-115)
[3] Three habits of "action-oriented" people (p115-118)
(1) They think big! (p115-117)
(2) They think small! (p117-118)
(3) They lean hard! (p118)
[4] Finding straight paths (p118-119)
9) Turning stress into strength (p121-133)
10) Turning risk into reward (p135-148)
"You can't escape the responsibility of tomorrow b y evading it today." Quote by Abraham Lincoln
11) Turning pain into gain (p149-163)
[1] Motivation (p149-154)
(1) A slow process
(2) Two motivations for change
1. Some people change because they want to change! (p151)
2. The majority of us change only when we have to! (p151-154
[2] Suffering has its purpose (p154-160)
[3] God's hands, our hands (p160-163)
12) Turning failure into fertilizer (p165-176)
13) Turning burnout into "burn on" (p177-191)
14) Turning regret into resolve (p193-207)
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NOTES (p209-210)
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