- 176 pages
- English
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Perseverance
About this book
By the bestselling author of Leadership and the New Science and Turning to One Another
Thoughtful, compassionate reflections on how we can carry on with joy despite difficulties, challenges, and disappointments
Illuminated by both beautiful original paintings and by poems and quotations from a variety of traditions and cultures
In this inspiring and beautifully illustrated book, bestselling author Margaret Wheatley offers guidance to people everywhere for how to persevere through challenges in their personal lives, with their families, at their workplaces, in their communities, and in their struggles to make a better world. She provides hope, wisdom, and perspective for learning the discipline of perseverance.
Wheatley does not offer the usual feel-good, rah-rah messages. Instead, she focuses on the situations, feelings, and challenges that can, over time, cause us to lose heart or lose our way. Perseverance is a day-by-day decision not to give up. We have to notice the moments when we feel lost or overwhelmed or betrayed or exhausted and note how we respond to them. And we have to notice the rewarding times, when we experience the joy of working together on something hard but worthwhile, when we realize we'Äôve made a small difference.
In a series of concise and compassionate essays Wheately names a behavior or dynamic'Äîsuch as fearlessness, guilt, joy, jealousy'Äîthat supports or impedes our efforts to persevere. She puts each in a broader human or timeless perspective, offering ways to either live by or transcend each one. These essays are self-contained'Äîyou can thumb through the book and find what attracts you in the moment. Perseverance helps you to see yourself and your situation clearly and assume responsibility for changing a situation or our reaction to it if it'Äôs one that troubles us. There deliberately are no examples of other people or their experiences. You are the example'Äîyour personal experiences are the basis for change.
In addition to Wheatley'Äôs graceful essays there are poems and quotations drawn from traditions and cultures around the world and throughout history. The book is deeply grounded spiritually, accessing human experience and wisdom from many sources. This grounding and inclusiveness support the essential message'Äîhuman being throughout time have persevered. We'Äôre just the most recent ones to face these challenges, and we can meet them as those who came before us did. As Wheatley quotes the elders of the Hopi Nation: 'ÄúWe are the ones we have been waiting for.'Äù
Thoughtful, compassionate reflections on how we can carry on with joy despite difficulties, challenges, and disappointments
Illuminated by both beautiful original paintings and by poems and quotations from a variety of traditions and cultures
In this inspiring and beautifully illustrated book, bestselling author Margaret Wheatley offers guidance to people everywhere for how to persevere through challenges in their personal lives, with their families, at their workplaces, in their communities, and in their struggles to make a better world. She provides hope, wisdom, and perspective for learning the discipline of perseverance.
Wheatley does not offer the usual feel-good, rah-rah messages. Instead, she focuses on the situations, feelings, and challenges that can, over time, cause us to lose heart or lose our way. Perseverance is a day-by-day decision not to give up. We have to notice the moments when we feel lost or overwhelmed or betrayed or exhausted and note how we respond to them. And we have to notice the rewarding times, when we experience the joy of working together on something hard but worthwhile, when we realize we'Äôve made a small difference.
In a series of concise and compassionate essays Wheately names a behavior or dynamic'Äîsuch as fearlessness, guilt, joy, jealousy'Äîthat supports or impedes our efforts to persevere. She puts each in a broader human or timeless perspective, offering ways to either live by or transcend each one. These essays are self-contained'Äîyou can thumb through the book and find what attracts you in the moment. Perseverance helps you to see yourself and your situation clearly and assume responsibility for changing a situation or our reaction to it if it'Äôs one that troubles us. There deliberately are no examples of other people or their experiences. You are the example'Äîyour personal experiences are the basis for change.
In addition to Wheatley'Äôs graceful essays there are poems and quotations drawn from traditions and cultures around the world and throughout history. The book is deeply grounded spiritually, accessing human experience and wisdom from many sources. This grounding and inclusiveness support the essential message'Äîhuman being throughout time have persevered. We'Äôre just the most recent ones to face these challenges, and we can meet them as those who came before us did. As Wheatley quotes the elders of the Hopi Nation: 'ÄúWe are the ones we have been waiting for.'Äù
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Topic
Personal DevelopmentSubtopic
Personal SuccessTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Part One: Here is a River
- Part Two: Let go of the Shore
- Part Three: Take Nothing Personally
- Part Four: Banish the Word Struggle
- Part Five: For We Are the Ones
- About the Author
- About the Artists
- About Berkana