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    Self-Discipline in Difficult Times: Pressing Ahead (or Not) When Your World Turns Upside Down: Self-Help Essays, #1
    Self-Discipline in Difficult Times: Pressing Ahead (or Not) When Your World Turns Upside Down: Self-Help Essays, #1
    Self-Discipline in Difficult Times: Pressing Ahead (or Not) When Your World Turns Upside Down: Self-Help Essays, #1
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    Self-Discipline in Difficult Times: Pressing Ahead (or Not) When Your World Turns Upside Down: Self-Help Essays, #1

    By Martin Meadows

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    How to Press Ahead (and Should You?) When All Is Wrong

     

    As much as we'd like to avoid suffering in life, all of us will occasionally face earth-shattering hardships. You might be dealing with one now, or perhaps your friend or a loved one is, or maybe you'd just like to prepare yourself for when one inevitably occurs in your life. Self-Discipline in Difficult Times is the right book for you if you want to learn how to press ahead as your world turns upside down.

     

    Some of the topics I discuss in the book include:

     

    - in which situations self-help advice helps and in which you should stay away from it,

     

    - how to avoid making a bad situation worse when you're under too much pressure,

     

    - how to take care of yourself during difficult times without sabotaging your long-term goals,

     

    - how to begin the process of recovery with three fundamental strategies,

     

    - how to prepare yourself for inevitable future crises with an uncomfortable, but effective practice,

     

    - how to help a friend struggling with a crisis.

     

    Mental resilience is our most important tool for surviving a rupture. This book can give you some hope and comfort that you're not alone in whatever you're facing.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMeadows Publishing
    Release dateApr 30, 2020
    ISBN9781393522485
    Self-Discipline in Difficult Times: Pressing Ahead (or Not) When Your World Turns Upside Down: Self-Help Essays, #1

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      Table of Contents

      Prologue

      Chapter 1: The World Is Upside Down—What Now?

      Chapter 2: Managing Your Coping Mechanisms

      Chapter 3: When You’re Ready to Dig Yourself Out

      Chapter 4: Preparing for Future Challenges

      Chapter 5: On Helping Those Whose Worlds Were Rocked to the Core

      Epilogue

      Thank You for Reading—Don’t Forget Your Gift

      Could You Help?

      About Martin Meadows

      Prologue

      As I type these words in April 2020, the world is experiencing the worst crisis in the modern history. Virtually every single country across the globe is locked down: poor or rich, big or small. Levels of anxiety are through the roof as we’re forced to adapt to a new way of living, in a constant state of worry about the repercussions.

      To say that staying disciplined in these times is difficult would be a grand understatement. According to a Forbes article on how Americans are coping with the quarantine, alcohol sales were up 55% in the week ending March 21, 2020. Marijuana sales in states where it’s legal soared, too. A popular pornography website saw a 11.6% increase in traffic. Video streaming of non-adult content has doubled. With panic-stricken shoppers stocking up on highly processed shelf-stable items, people are eating more than ever before and gaining even more weight (the phenomenon has been dubbed the quarantine 15, with the number indicating pounds).

      But we don’t need a global crisis for our worlds to turn upside down. Self-discipline, motivation, and good habits are the last things we think about when we lose a loved one, when we lose a job, when our business goes bankrupt, when our heart is broken, when we face a disease or our loved one is struggling with one, or even when we face one minor setback too many and just can’t find it in us to keep going.

      As a self-help author and reader, I’m tired of cheap, often inconsiderate motivational messages addressed at those whose life foundations have been rocked to the core by an unexpected crisis. Over the next pages, I don’t plan to berate you for being weak or lazy, or belittle your problems, whatever they may be. Instead, I want to discuss when and how we can press ahead when the pressure seems insurmountable.

      Unlike my other books, which are heavy on research, this book, and other books in my Self-Help Essays series, are opinion pieces. If you’re looking for a more evidence-based examination of mental resilience, read my book From Failure to Success or Grit (which you get for free when you sign up for my newsletter).

      If you’re ready for a quick, personal, and hopefully comforting read, let’s turn the page and start at the beginning: what to do in the immediate aftermath of your world turning

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