Restore Yourself: The Antidote for Professional Exhaustion [Paperback]

Edy Greenblatt (Author), Ph.D. (Author), with Michael Allan Kirk and Erin V. Lehman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2009

Winner of the 2009 Indie Book Award for Best Careers Book, and declared top 10 Business AND Health & Wellness Book of the Year. This inspiring book translates years of thoughtful social scientific research into actionable strategies for bringing positive energy back into our work and lives. Restore Yourself not only advances the argument that restoration is critical to both productivity and happiness, it shows us HOW to find that energy and then capitalize on it every day. -- Monica C. Higgins, Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Editorial Reviews

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...astonishingly timely, useful and important. Please read it before you die. It might add a few years to your life. --WARREN BENNIS - Distinguished Professor of Business, University of S. Calfornia and best selling author of On Becoming A Leader A much-needed primer on living in the age of perpetual depletion. In today's environment, organizations, groups and teams feed off the individual like ant colonies live off teh bodily resources of individual ants and the illusion that work happens only in the cognitive realm of the mind has become the unquestioned major premise. The worker's whole being - mind and body - need to be brought, together, to the light of consciousness. This is what Dr. Greenblatt accomplishes, with characteristic authenticity, wit and savoir-faire. Read it to DO differently - and read it to SEE differently. --MICHNEA MOLDOVEANU - Professor & Director, Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking, University of Toronto & CTO of Redline Communications Group, Inc Make a moment to enjoy this book and learn from it the great secrets to a life free from professional exhaustion. --MARSHALL GOLDSMITH - Executive Coaching Guru and New York Times' best selling author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There

A much-needed primer on living in the age of perpetual depletion. In today's environment, organizations, groups and teams feed off the individual like ant colonies live off teh bodily resources of individual ants and the illusion that work happens only in the cognitive realm of the mind has become the unquestioned major premise. The worker's whole being - mind and body - need to be brought, together, to the light of consciousness. This is what Dr. Greenblatt accomplishes, with characteristic authenticity, wit and savoir-faire. Read it to DO differently - and read it to SEE differently. --MICHNEA MOLDOVEANU - Professor & Director, Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking, University of Toronto & CTO of Redline Communications Group, Inc.

Make a moment to enjoy this book and learn from it the great secrets to a life free from professional exhaustion. --MARSHALL GOLDSMITH - Executive Coaching Guru and New York Times' best selling author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There

About the Author

EDY GREENBLATT, PH.D., is an executive coach, entrepreneur, management consultant and scholar. Founder of Execu-Care Coaching & Consulting, she is also Senior Consultant and Certified Coach with Mobius Executive Leadership. An expert on leadership, teams, motivation and work/life balance, Dr. Edy has been on the faculty of the Center for Effective Organizations, University of Southern California, and prior to that, had successful careers as a dance ethnologist and circus peanut vendor. Through her motivational speaking, coaching, writing and seminars, Dr. Edy is fast becoming the business world s Energizer Bunny. She earned her joint Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior at Harvard University and Harvard Business School. She also holds a Master's in Psychology from Harvard as well as an MA in Dance from UCLA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: Execu-Care Books; First Edition edition (March 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981929915
• ISBN-13: 978-0981929910
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 9.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #453,466 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Edy Greenblatt Ph.D., is an award-winner author, motivational speaker, executive coach, entrepreneur, management consultant and scholar. She has founded and run her own professional services firm, was on the faculty at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California and has worked as an Organization Practice Specialist at McKinsey & Company. Currently senior consultant at Mobius Executive Leadership and Editorial Advisor to Johnson & Johnson's UpLiv Stress Management Program, Dr. Edy previously has had successful careers as a dance ethnologist, performing artist and a circus peanut vendor. Through her speaking, coaching, writing and seminars, Dr. Edy is fast becoming the business world's Energizer Bunny.

Dr. Greenblatt earned her Ph.D. in the joint program in Organizational Behavior at Harvard University and Harvard Business School. Prior to that, she completed the required curriculum for an MBA and earned a master's degree in Psychology (both at Harvard), after earning a master's degree in Dance Ethnology and a B.S. in World Arts and Cultures at University of California at Los Angeles. Edy has been the host of her own radio and television programs, The Dr. Edy Shows, designed to help humans thrive in the modern workplace. Dr. Edy is based in New York and in her free time she still dances, flies on the trapeze, swims and sleeps.

More information at www.restoreyourselfbook.com

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable advice for every working person of every age regardless of what work you do!, February 15, 2009

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Leonard J. Pollara "Entrepreneur" (Montague, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Restore Yourself: The Antidote for Professional Exhaustion (Paperback)

Edy Greenblatt's Restore Yourself-The Antidote For Professional Exhaustion, is both a guide to learn how to identify those people, places, and things in your life that energize you or drain your energy, and a handbook that helps you begin to use this knowledge in practical ways to improve every aspect of your life. 'Restore Yourself' is presented in a style that at once put me at ease while reading it, more like a novel than a text. Although I did have to reread some of the dialogue sections to be clear about who was speaking, I found myself having one 'eureka' moment after another. Not satisfied with just presenting the information, to let it leak back out of my brain, Dr Greenblatt offers work space and a step by step method to put this information into practice. A must have and definite resource for desktop reference. Reading this book I was reminded of those folks I have known who have literally worked themselves to death. Restore Yourself illustrates that burning the candle on both ends and in the middle is not the best route to optimize productivity. It teaches that the better you know how to manage and increase your personal resources, the more energy you can devote to those things most important to you! This book brings the message home in a very clear and easy to grasp way, that not only shares great value but is enjoyable to read. Handy to travel with you to school, the office, or on a flight, don't hesitate to get a copy TODAY. I have already seen great results from putting the information revealed in Restore Yourself into practice in my life! You really owe this one to yourself!!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book - a must read "manual" for recharging yourself, April 4, 2009

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Meagan (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Restore Yourself: The Antidote for Professional Exhaustion (Paperback)

The claims in this book are so refreshingly simple that anyone can read it, yet they are profound enough that they will have a real impact on your life. Restore Yourself is a manual for finding the things that you love and using them to recharge your energies. It's about using those things to heal yourself from the exhaustion of the everyday so you can be more productive and do more of what you love. This is NOT another book about finding balance, it's a realistic account of what happens to people emotionally in today's busy world, and how to work with the chaos not against it. A MUST read for anyone yearning fulfillment and struggling to keep up - and the best part is, it's free of fluff and wordiness and will take just a few short hours to read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guaranteed to "jump start" your enthusiasm for work again and recognize your capabilities, February 17, 2010

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J. Given - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Restore Yourself: The Antidote for Professional Exhaustion (Paperback)

This is a fun read with a wealth of specific worthwhile information and advice. It's brief and written in a very straight-forward and easy to understand style. Contains many pearls, regardless of your profession, and is certain to raise your level of enthusiasm for your work, while helping to recognize and appreciate your strenghts and weaknesses. The perfect remedy for "burnout" and the format (dialogue on the airplane) was unique and added to my enjoyment of the book. I recommend this, as well as any other work by Edy Greenblatt, without hesitation.

(Review by John Given)