Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

He changed me in profound ways by his presence. And he changed me in profound ways by his absence.

Despite their hard work, single mothers have the highest rates of poverty in America and are almost twice as likely to be poor as single fathers.

No one ever told me,” C. S. Lewis wrote, “that grief felt so like fear.” The fear was constant and it felt like the grief would never subside. The waves would continue to crash over me until I was no longer standing, no longer myself.

m giving you these comments because I have very high expectations and I know that you can reach them.”

To help the conversations go well, I reminded everyone that feedback should always go both ways

hen companies fail, it’s usually for reasons that almost everyone knows but almost no one has voiced.

Extreme compartmentalization may be my biggest superpower,”

give yourself a ‘second score’ based on how you handle the first score….Even when you get an F for the situation itself, you can still earn an A+ for how you deal with it.”

ccepting feedback is easier when you don’t take it personally.

We find our humanity—our will to live and our ability to love—in our connections to one another. Just as individuals can find post-traumatic growth and become stronger, so can communities.