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How High Can You Bounce? | 
 enlarge | Author: Roger Crawford
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1112186
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0553104616
Dewey Decimal Number: 158.1
EAN: 9780553104615
ASIN: 0553104616
Publication Date: January 15, 1998
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Amazon.com Review
We seldom realize the degree to which our success depends on how we react to failure. Roger Crawford, a speaker and business consultant who says the physical "inconveniences" he's lived with since birth have taught him to be flexible, argues that thinking resiliently is even more important than thinking positively in getting what we want out of life. While positive thinkers might tell themselves, "I feel happy," even when they don't, a resilient thinker would say, "Right now I feel lousy, but I have it in my power to be happy." Because that's not an attitude that comes naturally to many people, he offers a variety of tips on reframing our internal dialogue. While some of Crawford's advice will sound familiar to readers of achievement-oriented books, those who need a push to continue in the face of adversity will find it in How High Can You Bounce?
Product Description
Roger Crawford is one of America's most highly regarded speakers and a shining example of the power of resilience to hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world.Physically challenged from birth, he has learned from experience that resilience--our ability to thrive under stress and bounce back from hardship--is a skill that we can all develop and maintain.Now, with his unique blend of humor, savvy, and hard-won wisdom, he shows you how you can make resilience the springboard to your own success.
Where are you coming from?How long have you been there?Where are you going?Starting with these fundamental questions, How High Can You Bounce?invites you to take stock, to examine your attitudes, the way you see yourself, and your motivations.Then, from this new wellspring of awareness, you can begin to build your resilience--and reap the benefits of living a healthier, happier, more productive life.
Let Roger Crawford help you discover:
The Best Defense Against Hard Times--how to harness the extraordinary power of humor and optimism
The Keys To Success You Already Possess--how to take an inventory of your personal riches and make use of all your resources
The Greatest Confidence Builders--how to fortify your positive attitudes and rethink the perceptions that are holding you back
What's Better Than Money In The Bank--how to stockpile resilience so you can draw on it whenever you need it
The Friends You Can't Afford To Be Without--how to attract strong, nurturing friends who lift you up and cheer you on
How To Write Your Own Life Script--knowing when to take responsibility puts you in the director's seat
When Challenge Is Sweet--why obstacles should be embraced, as springboards to new levels of
achievement and as exciting opportunities
The Secret Of Becoming An Effective Leader--how your unshakable resilience can win you respect at home, at work, in the community
Elevating and inspiring, How High Can You Bounce?introduces you to dozens of unforgettable men and women who illustrate these principles in every walk of life.Their amazing stories of courage and resourcefulness make this a book to treasure in good times and bad.
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 Helpful! One of the best on "Resilience" April 21, 2007
Allow me to quote from one of my all time tennis champion favorite Chris Evert on the back cover, "In life, as in tennis, it's the bounce that counts! Roger Crawford shows how resilience is the difference between playing to win and playing not to lose." In short, in case you really want to read a book that talks on resilience, this is it. Highly recommended!
Below please find some of my favorite passages for your reference:-
As humans, we're capable of dealing with only one dominant thought at a time. Therefore, it's impossible to be both resilient and pessimistic simultaneously. You have to choose, and you become what you think about most. People ...call it the "Principle of Dominant Thought". pg 17
Argue for your limitations and they are yours. - Richard Bach pg 18
Positive thinking: I feel happy. (But I really dont)
Resilient thinking: Right now I feel lousy, but I have it in my power to be happy.
Positive thinking: I am successful. (But I'm not)
Resilient thinking: Today I had a setback, but i can turn it around. pg 19
Not: I wont fall below my sales quota this month.
But:I will meet my sales quota this month.
Not: Stop doing that!
But: Do this! pg 20
Whenever you catch youself saying "if only", make a conscious switch to "next time". pg 23
Count the blessings of the day. Practice an attitude of gratitude. pg 27
Suppose you are playing a tennis match and expect to win 55% of the points and lose 45%. That's a 10% spread. What are your chances of winning the match? .....91%. What % point spread would you need to win at least 99% of your matches? ....about 20%. pg 29
Even when you dont feel like laughing, try smiling. That smiling draws positive attention to you and tends to make you and others feel at ease. Smiling conveys self-acceptance and an accepting attitude towards others. It increases others' confidence in themselves and in you. Smiling makes you appear approachable, friendly, relaxed, open and comfortable. pg 45
If you dont periodically ask, "Where am I going?" the groove you're in can become a rut. pg 179
What a great book November 7, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this book, I read it over and over, I cannot get enough of it. This book has taught me how to remain positive regardless of the situation. My new motivational word is now "Resilience". Whenever I am feeling stressed or facing a challenge, I think about what Roger Crawford says in the book and the experiences and examples of so many people given, and I feel better. Great book. I would love to meet him one of these days. I would urge you to recommend this book to anybody who is facing any type of challenge in his/her life.
THANKS!!
Incredibly Inspiring! May 16, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A book to read over and over. When I am feeling like my self esteem is gone or I am going through a difficult time, I pick up this book and read a chapter or two and get re-charged again. It makes you re-examine all the dreams you ever had and didn't act upon because you thought you weren't talented enough or someone else had discouraged you. After reading this book you will believe "I can really make this happen".
How High can you buonce? Turn setbacks into comebacks February 5, 2000
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great book. He has some real good advise that you can start implementing right away.
A Norman Vincent Peale for the '90s May 5, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Crawford brings a refreshing new "bounce" to positive thinking, taking it a step further (higher?) by remodeling it as "resilient" thinking. Excellent. Inspiring. A keeper!
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