**#1 New York Times Best Seller
Named a Best Book of 2017 by Barnes & Noble and Amazon
From Facebook’s COO and Wharton’s top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life’s inevitable setbacks.**
After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. “I was in ‘the void,’” she writes, “a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe.” Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build.
Option B combines Sheryl’s personal insights with Adam’s eye-opening research on finding strength in the face of adversity. Beginning with the gut-wrenching moment when she finds her husband, Dave Goldberg, collapsed on a gym floor, Sheryl opens up her heart—and her journal—to describe the acute grief and isolation she felt in the wake of his death. But Option B goes beyond Sheryl’s loss to explore how a broad range of people have overcome hardships including illness, job loss, sexual assault, natural disasters, and the violence of war. Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevere . . . and to rediscover joy.
Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. Even after the most devastating events, it is possible to grow by finding deeper meaning and gaining greater appreciation in our lives. Option B illuminates how to help others in crisis, develop compassion for ourselves, raise strong children, and create resilient families, communities, and workplaces. Many of these lessons can be applied to everyday struggles, allowing us to brave whatever lies ahead. Two weeks after losing her husband, Sheryl was preparing for a father-child activity. “I want Dave,” she cried. Her friend replied, “Option A is not available,” and then promised to help her make the most of Option B.
We all live some form of Option B. This book will help us all make the most of it.
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I finished this audiobook a couple of days ago, and I had to think about what to write for my review. Sheryl Sandberg suffered a terrible and tragic loss, losing her husband suddenly to a massive heart attack.
I was curious about her inner strength and ability to cope.
In 2015, my husband suffered a heart attack at only 62 years old. Luckily, he survived the event and he is now back to normal, doing all the activities he loves doing: jogging, biking, downhill skiing etc…
This event took a big toll on me, it shook my confidence in myself: “How about if I don’t react as quickly, as I did the first time ?” “How about if I’m not there?” etc …etc.. Looking at the uncertainly of life, our mortality! After 3 years, I am slowly regaining some of my self confidence, learning not to dwell on small things. Like Sheryl Sandberg, we were fortunate to have our families, circle of tight caring friends and great medical care, as our support.
Listening to the audiobook Option B, I kept thinking this is a good book. Some chapters were very interesting and helpful. It did contain stats which I didn’t really care for, but mostly, I kept thinking not everyone is on the same socio-economic level as Sheryl Sandberg. Not everyone can take time off work, not everyone has nannies or can take their children on expensive outings.
This book or audiobook may be helpful to some but having got through a similar event, I felt that it wouldn’t have helped me. Just given me an insight into some of the issues.