Staying Afloat When Waters Get Rough
How to Manage Your Life in a Rapidly Changing World
- Publisher
- Key Porter Books
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2005
- Category
- Success, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552637357
- Publish Date
- Sep 2005
- List Price
- $21.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
We live in a time of unprecedented change. The workplace has been transformed by mergers, downsizing and globalization. Economics, politics, education and even family life are undergoing upheaval. The result is stress, worry and uncertainty for most of us. Wheres it all going to lead? How do we look after ourselves while all this turmoil swirls around us? Dr. David Posen provides sensible and sensitive answers to the following questions:What will increase our comfort with change? What will make life transitions easier for us? What tools will we need to handle it?With compassion, understanding and humor, Dr. Posen explains the ingredients of change-hardiness, illustrating his message with stories from his own experience as well as from that of his patients and friends. Part psychology, part philosophy and part action plan, Staying Afloat When the Water Gets Rough will make you think, it will make you laugh and it will definitely increase your comfort with change.
About the authors
DAVID POSEN, MD, was for many years a family physician who currently counsels patients on stress and lifestyle management. He is also a leading speaker and trainer in the areas of stress mastery, change management and work-life balance, lecturing widely across North America. He is the bestselling author of The Little Book of Stress Relief and Staying Afloat When the Water Gets Rough.
David B. Posen MD's profile page
DAVID POSEN, M.D., is a physician, popular speaker, and the bestselling author of The Little Book of Stress Relief, which sold more than 50,000 copies and has been translated into five languages. His previous books also include Staying Afloat When the Water Gets Rough and the classic, Always Change a Losing Game. His writing has appeared in Canadian Living, Reader's Digest, Men's Health, USA Weekend, and his TV and radio appearances have aired nation-wide. He lives in Oakville, Ontario.