The Resolute Woman

Category: book

  • Sarah, Plain and Tall

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    I bought a copy of Patricia MacLachlan’s book Sara, Plain and Tall for the third-grade student I “mentor” once a week at an elementary school near my home. I bought it because I remembered when my daughter read it, and the title has always intrigued me. So, I read the book, for ages six to…

  • The case for optimism

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    I often find wisdom in unexpected places. I was standing in line at Chipolte Mexican Grill waiting for a burrito to-go for my husband when I noticed a quote in big letters on a brown paper bag. No, I did not get a burrito for me because I am still trying to lose the five…

  • Express gratitude

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    In their book Supersurvivors—The Surprising Link Between Suffering and Success, David Feldman and Lee Daniel Kravetz suggest relying on “grounded hope” instead of positive thinking. You have grounded hope if your hope is rooted in reality. You know that you can’t always control what happens to you. But, you believe that, whatever happens to you,…

  • Know what you can control

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    Grounded hope is hope rooted in reality. It’s the powerful belief that, whatever happens to you, you can make choices and control how you act and react. But, what if you have a tendency to want to control everything? That’s the question I asked David Feldman, who talked about his book Supersurvivors at the Texas…

  • Grounded hope

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    What’s wrong with positive thinking? In their book Supersurvivors, David Feldman and Lee Daniel Kravetz explain: The supporters of positive thinking get to have it their way no matter what. If people succeed at work, thrive in life or survive an illness, those supporters can say, “See! It was the positive thinking that did it.”…

  • Are you a supersurvivor?

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    A leukemia sufferer who won an Olympic gold medal. A blind man who rowed across the Atlantic. A woman who survived genocide in Rwanda. These are some of the the supersurvivors whose stories are discussed in David Feldman and Lee Daniel Kravetz’s book Supersurvivors—The Surprising Link Between Suffering and Success. What do these people have…

  • Fear is okay

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    Alison Levine, author of On the Edge: The Art of High-Impact Leadership, was on the south summit of Mount Everest. She was so high that she had to take five to 10 breaths before each step when she realized that she and her team were in extreme danger. Levine’s oxygen tank had malfunctioned, and a…

  • Survive as yourself

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    “The real challenge is not simply to survive,” Eli Kazan said. “Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself—undiminished.” I found that quote in a book—Here’s to You by Zadra and Wills—on sale at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. I also discovered two more quotes worth repeating. Be bold in what you…

  • Open your mind

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    I found a little book full of interesting quotes at my brother and sister-in-law’s house in New Mexico. Here are three of my favorites from Open Your Mind, Open Your Life—A Book of Eastern Wisdom by Taro Gold. * Instead of putting others in their place, put yourself in theirs. * A book is a…

  • Growing older and wiser

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    As I mentioned in a recent blog post, I had a birthday recently. I’m happy to report that I’m not only older, I’m also a little wiser. I credit my increased wisdom to a delightful little birthday book that was a present from my brother David and his wife Barbie. In She…, Kobi Yamada writes:…