Change Proof: Leveraging the Power of Uncertainty to Build Long-term Resilience

CHAPTER 10

Left Brain Resilience

Stress will break people altogether if they are in the beginning too weak to stand distress, or else, if they are already strong enough to take the stress in the first place, that same stress, if they come through it, will strengthen them, temper them, and make them stronger.

—ABRAHAM MASLOW

Let’s move to the left side of our brains and dig into the data about resilience. In addition to you, nearly 2,000 business leaders and executives from companies like P&G, Citibank, and Equitable have filled out the Resilient Leader Assessment from Chapter 4.

Look at Figure 10.1 and you’ll see almost two-thirds of all respondents ...