Fortitude: The Myth of Resilience, and the Secrets of Inner Strength: A Sunday Times Bestseller

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The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Joy of Work reveals the true secrets of inner strength 'This is a truly refreshing, captivating and important book that shifted my perception on a topic I thought I knew! A must read.' Steven Bartlett, entrepreneur and host of 'The Diary of a CEO' We're endlessly being told that if we want to be successful in life we have to be tough and stubborn. If we struggle, it's because we're weak and uncertain. Bruce Daisley thinks this is simply untrue, and in his new book the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Joy of Work takes the notion of resilience apart, explains how it really works, and puts forward a new programme for building self-confidence and tenacity. He calls it Fortitude. In this book, Daisley disproves the myth that only extraordinary people are successful, shows how to achieve a sense of control through simple mind exercises, and, above all, demonstrates how we can draw on those around us to empower ourselves and build our inner-strength. Offering empirically tested advice, Fortitude sets out a practical path to greater self-confidence and courage, not just for the elite few, but for us all. 'Something I never knew I needed to read but I'm so glad I did, its opened up a whole angle of thinking.' Nadiya Hussain

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I love it . . . it hooked me right in . . . A fantastic book. -- Chris Evans
This is a truly refreshing, captivating and important book that shifted my perception on a topic I thought I knew! A must read. -- Steven Bartlett, entrepreneur and host of 'The Diary of a CEO'
A fascinating and important pushback against the narrow, joy-eroding version of 'resilience' that would leave us to sink or swim alone, Fortitude is an indispensable guide to a more energising, human, and effective approach to working and thriving in a post-pandemic world. -- Oliver Burkeman, author of 'Four Thousand Weeks'
Surprising and challenging. Fortitude encouraged me to re-think not only my work but how I live my life. -- Sarah Ellis, co-author of 'The Squiggly Career'
A book that confirms what I've always believed, that we can't be resilient on our own. In fact resilience is about all of us being stronger than any of us. -- Gary Lineker
A much needed book that unfolds the surprising secrets of resilience. Something I never knew I needed to read but I'm so glad I did, its opened up a whole angle of thinking. -- Nadiya Hussain
A fascinating analysis of resilience - what it is, what is isn't and why, when we develop it together, it becomes something better and more important, fortitude. It seems that resilience is a team game. -- Alastair Campbell
Entertaining. Engaging. Educating. Three words that sum up this cracking read, which offers a timely - and much needed - challenge to the traditional definition on resilience. -- Professor Damian Hughes, co-host of the 'High Performance' podcast
Fortitude explores and validates what most of us who work with people feel in our gut when it comes to debunking doctrine about resilience and singular toughness. A fantastic contribution. -- Dr Pippa Grange, author of 'Fearless', former Head of People & Team Development at The Football Association
Deeply thoughtful, provocative and insightful Fortitude will push you to question assumptions, think again about your life narrative and probably care more about your friends and community. -- Professor Lynda Gratton
Is "resilience" more than blaming victims and telling them they need to act stronger This wonderful book is Bruce Daisley's personal quest - through his personal experiences and his appetite for digesting rigorous research - to learn about the overused concept of resilience. What Bruce learns is intriguing and important, and hopefully will help us become better parents, leaders, and friends. -- Professor Daniel Cable, author of 'Alive at Work'
A riveting read - Fortitude lifts the lid on the orthodoxy of Resilience and shows us where true strength lies. Fortitude is a tour de force. -- Julia Hobsbawm, author of 'The Nowhere Office'
One of the UK's leading "workfluencers" [offers] up ahead-of-the-curve takes on the future of workplace cultures . . . Fortitude is an easy to read and well-research book that will appeal to anyone . . . Daisley challenges some of the empowerment narratives that have become unquestioned staples of organisational life . . . [and] offers "fortitude" as an alternative. * Financial Times *
An absolute revelation . . . It's with collective support that you can develop resilience. Your own resilience or individual fortitude is not something you do or don't have, it comes from the extent to which you are supported by others. The extent to which people face these issues of resilience is massively divined by the structural inequalities we face. -- Ed Miliband
Fantastic -- Geoff Lloyd

Author Bio

Bruce Daisley is a writer, consultant and one of the UK's most influential voices on the intersection of life and work. His research into better working practices has featured in publications including the Guardian, the Telegraph, Wired UK, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review and the Wall Street Journal. His podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat has been an Apple number one business podcast and has featured psychologists, neuroscientists and workplace experts including Daniel Pink, Scott Galloway, Noreena Hertz and Rutger Bregman. He was previously the European Vice-President for Twitter, the firm's most senior employee outside of the US. His first book, The Joy of Work, was a Sunday Times bestseller and has been translated into sixteen languages.