Table of Contents
Preface vii
Part I Choose Change Before It Choose You
Chapter 1 How Change Changes Things-and What to Do About It: Making Friends with Change 3
Chapter 2 Got Your Back: Lifeguard Lessons 19
Chapter 3 The Change-Proof Model: Pause, Ask, Choose 25
Part II Becoming Change Proof
Chapter 4 The Power of Choice: Leveraging Your Relationship to Change and Stress 37
Chapter 5 The Markers of Resilience 48
Chapter 6 The Myth of Balance 54
Chapter 7 Harmony 62
Chapter 8 The Resilience Bank Account 67
Chapter 9 Resilient Organizations 73
Chapter 10 Left Brain Resilience 80
Part III Change-Proof Hardware
Chapter 11 Recovery Versus Burnout 89
Chapter 12 Recover Before It's Too Late 97
Chapter 13 Even Michael Jordan Paused 103
Chapter 14 Outperforming Challenges 114
Chapter 15 Get out of Your Head 126
Chapter 16 Mindset Recalibration 134
Chapter 17 Disputing Irrational Beliefs 140
Chapter 18 A Little Failure Goes a Long Way 148
Part IV Change-Proof Software
Chapter 19 Happiness Doesn't Deliver Resilience 165
Chapter 20 Are You Emotionally Agile? 170
Chapter 21 The 3-4 Method 179
Chapter 22 Follow the Bubbles 185
Chapter 23 Calm Is Contagious 194
Chapter 24 Resilience Is a Choice 200
Chapter 25 The Myth of Authenticity 207
Chapter 26 "We'll Figure It Out" 214
Chapter 27 Self-Disruption Versus Stagnation: The Toothbrush Test 222
Chapter 28 What Change-Proof Culture Can Do for You 229
Chapter 29 Connecting with Others Connects You with You 235
Chapter 30 Breakthrough Without a Breakdown 243
Chapter 31 Leverage Uncertainty 248
Chapter 32 The Mystery of Death 253
Epilogue Imagining the Future 261
Resources for Building a Change-Proof Culture 272
Acknowledgments 276
Index 277