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Emotional Agility
Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life | Susan David
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The counterintuitive approach to achieving your true potential, heralded by the Harvard Business Review as a groundbreaking idea of the year. The path to fulfillment, whether at work or at home, is almost never a straight line. Ask anyone who has achieved their biggest goals or who thrives in their relationships, and youll hear stories of many unexpected detours along the way. What separates those who rise to these challenges and those who get derailed? The answer is agilityemotional agility. Emotional agility is a four-step approach that allows us to navigate lifes twists and turns with self-acceptance, clear-sightedness, and an open mind. In her more than twenty years of research, Susan David has found that no matter how intelligent, resilient, or creative people are, when they ignore how situations or interactions make them feel, they miss opportunities to gain insight, getting hooked by thoughts, emotions, and habits that prevent them from reaching their full potential. Emotionally agile people experience the same stresses and setbacks as anyone else, but they know how to adapt, aligning their actions with their values and making small changes that lead to a life of growth. Drawing on her extensive professional research, her international consulting work, and her own experiences growing up in Apartheid-era South Africa and losing her father at a young age, David shows how anyone can become more emotionally agile and thrive in an uncertain world. Written with authority, wit, and empathy, Emotional Agility will help you live your most successful life, whoever you are and whatever you face. From the Hardcover edition.
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DieAReader
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Mehso-so

#ReadMyRoom #BookNookBuddies2022

I have mixed feelings on this one. The first 1/2 was good & then it all became about raising children. Not my cup of tea🤷🏻‍♀️

CoverToCoverGirl Next! 😉 2y
DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl 😉My kinda gal! Already started 2 more since & debating on a 3rd🤷🏻‍♀️🤣🧹🧹 2y
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DieAReader
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#Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter #ReadWithUs #Challenge2021 #20in4

Started a few days ago, just forgot to post🤦🏻‍♀️

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Andrew65 👏👏👏 2y
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Chelseabillups30
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“Wow!”, “Yaaaaas!!”, & “Truth!” are all words that popped into my head as I read!
A friend‘s recommendation and lending of this one to me was a success!!

What I liked most is that the information was educated and articulate, but still accessible to everyone.
Anyone who would be reading it could have more than one relevant takeaway.

Many elements found in the pages of this read will be practices I use in my daily life.

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Emotional agility guideposts, 6-12. 💯

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Emotional agility guideposts, 1-5. 💯

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When you continue to pursue new knowledge and richer experiences, when you follow your heart and your honest answers to the questions that matter to you, you‘ll find that you aren‘t stuck on a seesaw. Instead you‘ll be soaring, opening up not just your mind but also your world.

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Questions to ask when working through your own grit vs. quit scenarios and decisions.

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To stay truly alive, we need to choose courage over comfort so that we keep growing, climbing, and challenging ourselves, and that means not getting stuck thinking we‘ve found heaven when we‘re simply sitting on the nearest plateau.

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Avoidance, particularly avoidance of discomfort—is even the enemy of good. It‘s the enemy of growth and change that lead to flourishing.

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I don‘t know who needed to read this today, but, #truth. #relevant

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Anytime there are gaps in our knowledge, fear fills in those gaps—a fear that overshadows the possibility of a payoff.

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A mind that is open to growth and change is a hub from which values and goals can be brought to life and realized. There is tremendous empowerment in appointing yourself the agent of your life-in taking ownership of your development, career, creative spirit, work, and connections.

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I like this idea of fluidity rather than stability! 👏🏻💡🤯

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Courage is not the absence of fear, courage is fear walking.

LoverOfLearning Love it! 4y
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When you connect with your real self, and what you believe to be important, the gulf between how you feel and how you behave closes up.

LoverOfLearning Absolutely. So important to be able to know what you are feeling and why you behave specific ways. 4y
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Chelseabillups30
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That the book itself is well developed, but also fully loaded with lots of research and science-backed practices and evidence, but also that in presenting this information, the author does a superb job of making it relevant and practical for readers. 💯

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Mindfulness matters. 🤔🧠💭😌

wanderinglynn I‘m trying to develop a good meditation practice too. 4y
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Putting this here to encourage myself to get back into the habit of brain and heart “dumps” for non-educational focus purposes when I spend time writing, which should be something I do more often for my own well-being and lesser for the reaction of people on social media channels...

wanderinglynn That is good advice. I may try that myself. 👍🏻 4y
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Chelseabillups30

If you can confront both your internal feelings and your external options-while maintaining the distinction between the two-you'll have a much better chance at having a good day, not to mention a meaningful life.

MayJasper I don't know what that means 4y
Chelseabillups30 @MayJasper, what part of it is confusing to you? What are you trying to decipher about it? Let‘s talk! 4y
MayJasper 'If you can confront your internal feelings and external options' - what sort of external options' do you mean? Why do they need to be confronted? If there are certain things you have to do in a day why are your internal feelings about them important as long as you are not being coerced? 4y
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Once we stop struggling to eliminate distressing feelings or to smother them with positive affirmations or rationalizations, they can teach us valuable lessons.

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One of the greatest human triumphs is to choose to make room in our hearts for both the joy and the pain, and to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

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Life's beauty is inseparable from its fragility.

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Passages like this, even more so than the fact that I‘m at work and reading, is why it‘s taken me over an hour (according to Bookly) to work through one chapter today!
Not mad about it. 💯

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“.....the person who has the final say over what's of value in your life should be you.“

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Your story is your story.
You need to own it, rather than it owning you, and to honor it with compassion.

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I‘m having a mind blowing “why didn‘t I think about that!?!” moment as I read this!! 🤯 🤯🤯

BookDragonNotWorm I love this! I think it also could apply to not comparing your life/situation to others', which I feel has become a huge unhappiness causing issue with social media. 4y
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“.....you can't rebuild a city when it's under bombardment, but only when the attacks stop and peace prevails. The same goes with our internal world: When we stop fighting what is, we can move on to efforts that will be more constructive and more rewarding.“

DieAReader Looking for this on Overdrive now! You‘re post has inspired & intrigued me. Thank you! 🤔🧐 4y
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Even with truth and reconciliation, though, we can't control the world, which means that it will never be a perfect place. The only way to get anywhere is through the practice of acceptance.

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In real life,our successes come from how well we're able to live with and learn from our own flaws and dark side.

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Every hero‘s journey.
I think I just had a heart explosion while reading this passage.

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Our own dark places can keep us hooked. #truth

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Our raw feelings can be the messengers we need to teach us things about ourselves and prompt insights into important life directions.

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Emotional agility means being aware and accepting of all your emotions, even learning from the most difficult ones.

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Things change. We need flexibility to make sure we can change too.

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“The mind is it‘s own place, and in itself can make heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”

~John Milton, “Paradise Lost” ~

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The ultimate goal of emotional agility is to keep a sense of challenge and growth alive throughout your life.

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Emotional agility is a process.

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Emotional agility. 💯

Kimzey Great quotation! 4y
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❤️

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A few people at my work have decided to start a book club and this is our first book. (Work related book club but still interesting). Our first meeting is Wednesday but I want to get a head start

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Day 12 of #nonficnov - fav self help. C'mon, you didn't expect me to pick just one?! Emotional Agility by Susan David Phd , Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong by Kelly Wilson, and The Gifts Of Imperfection by #brenebrown are the ones I frequently recommend. They are all practical, kind, and very understandable. ❤❤❤❤❤

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I wish there was a "highest pick" rating to give. I love this book by Susan David: it's been my most frequently recommended book lately. If you're human, you probably have felt an emotion or two in your life. What you do with your thoughts and feelings matter: not only to you personally but also those around you. This book is like the owner's manual for how to live the life you want to live . High praise!.
@Booksandcooks #5555giveaway

Librarianaut In the same milieux- I recommend MINDSET by Carol Dweck, PhD. 7y
CatchMyBookBreath @Librarianaut Yes, that one is a classic, isn't it? A good balance to that one is The Upside of Your Darkside by Todd Kashdan. 7y
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10/10. Fabulous. Paradigm-shifting. I never do self help/ pop psych books either. This one is the real deal though. Her simple graph for mapping out how to process strong emotional responses and how to get past them is unbelievable. Her research is solid. It's a quick read too. Highly recommend.

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Something we all can use...

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skrishna
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My life has been full of change (new house in a new city, shifts and changes in my job and career, health changes with my parents--and that's just off the top of my head), so I thought it'd be a great time to pick up EMOTIONAL AGILITY, and I was right. I found David's approach smart and her writing style engaging. Highly recommended for my fellow self-improvement people!

Zelma I hope things calm down for you soon. I know that change can be good but is always stressful no matter what. 7y
kim.guernsey I love a good self help book. Thanks for the suggestion! 7y
LauraBrook Going through several of these myself right now. Will check this one out, thanks. Great review as always! 7y
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".... people who wrote about emotionally charged episodes experienced a marked increase in their physical and mental well-being. They were happier, less depressed, and less anxious. In the months after the writing sessions, they had lower blood pressure, better immune function, and fewer doctor visits. They also reported higher quality relationships, better memory, and more success at work."

Texreader Welcome to Litsy!! 7y
Thenovellife Thanks so much @Texreader 🤓 7y
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Hamed
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An essential read to manage through change. Learn how to embrace negativity and move forward. I found it energizing!

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sherri
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Organized in a thoughtful way, this book discusses from how we hook ourselves emotionally, what it takes to truly show up, why your “why” is important, and how to move on. The final chapters then apply the practices to work and parenting.

I recognized myself in her explanations, heard myself saying “yep” as she brought words to the emotions I only half recognized before.

Great book for people interested in human behavior and emotional health.

LauraBeth Great review 😀 8y
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