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The Bounce Back Quotient

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It looks like a book. It feels like a book. It reads like a book. Is it a book? Yes, but The Bounce Back Quotient is more than a book. It's a tool.

This volume is a tool to guide the journey of anyone struggling to bounce back from any one of the millions of life experiences that can knock us down a peg or two. When you need some positive focus to pull yourself out of the doldrums and regain your wonderful productive strength, this book could be just the tool you need.

There's an old quote that is sometimes attributed to Zig Ziglar: "You don't have to be sick to get better." As I read this book, I thought about that perspective. The concepts presented by Linda Nash don't require the reader to be down in the dumps. Start from wherever you are and this guidebook will take you to greater heights.

We begin the book by taking an assessment. By scoring how true each of 52 statements is for us, we establish benchmarks from which to grow. Each of the statements is worded affirmatively, creating a positive and optimistic standard from the start. The scoring is explained, putting the process in perspective. The balance of the book consists of 52 small chapters with a restatement of the affirmation and a paragraph or two expanding on the one-sentence idea for improvement. Another paragraph or two offers some ideas of what we can do to strengthen that aspect of our nature, followed by space to take notes to personalize the growth experience.

I would have liked to see more discussion of each of Nash's 52 action ideas, but I can also see the value of the brief presentation style in this book. Looking for a helpful tool, a guidebook? Check it out? Looking for deeper explanation of how to reorient your life, spend a bit of time with The Bounce Back Quotient, but expect to have to do some more research, too.

In an uncertain world with increasingly high rates of employment turnover, The Bounce Back Quotient: 52 Action Oriented Ideas by Linda Nash is truly invaluable. Written specifically to reveal the hidden patterns that predict which individuals and companies succeed and which fail in the modern economy, this book offers a self-diagnostic test. The test consists of 52 statements; after reading each one, the reader writes a number that corresponds to what extent that statement is true for him or her. The results reveal how likely the reader is to "bounce back" from abrupt, unpleasant changes - and they show what weaknesses in the reader's innate adaptability need the most work. With its helpful insights, warnings, and candid advice, The Bounce Back Quotient is a "must" for anyone who truly believes in preparing themselves for the unexpected!