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Ricochet: What To Do When Change Happens To You
When change happens 1 in 3 people will find inspiration where others find only imprisonment. What is their secret?
Grounded in the latest social science and enlivened by Nick Tasler’s signature blend of wit, wisdom, and storytelling, Ricochet takes you on a fast-paced quest to unravel the mystery of highly adaptive people. You’ll meet scientists and researchers who have spent their lives trying to crack this case, as well as real people—people just like you—who have clawed, scratched, innovated, and explored their way through the unexpected changes that screw up our plans, mess with our egos, deflate our goals, rip off our masks, and yet somehow ultimately reveal what we are truly capable of as leaders, creators, innovators, parents, and friends.
The truth is that some changes stink. Coating those turds with sugar won’t make them doughnuts. But adaptation is a skill that is hard-wired in our DNA. All we have to do to ignite our resilient superpowers is learn to apply three simple laws of successful adaptation—Find Freedom; Pursue Progress; Make Meaning. When we do that, a magical thing happens. We don’t just survive change. We get good at change.
And when we get good at change, we stop spending our days worrying and our nights and weekends feeling guilty about not worrying about the next reorg or recession or health problem or marital challenge. We stop living in fear and instead start savoring the crazy, exciting, messed up adventure of everyday life.
Grounded in the latest social science and enlivened by Nick Tasler’s signature blend of wit, wisdom, and storytelling, Ricochet takes you on a fast-paced quest to unravel the mystery of highly adaptive people. You’ll meet scientists and researchers who have spent their lives trying to crack this case, as well as real people—people just like you—who have clawed, scratched, innovated, and explored their way through the unexpected changes that screw up our plans, mess with our egos, deflate our goals, rip off our masks, and yet somehow ultimately reveal what we are truly capable of as leaders, creators, innovators, parents, and friends.
The truth is that some changes stink. Coating those turds with sugar won’t make them doughnuts. But adaptation is a skill that is hard-wired in our DNA. All we have to do to ignite our resilient superpowers is learn to apply three simple laws of successful adaptation—Find Freedom; Pursue Progress; Make Meaning. When we do that, a magical thing happens. We don’t just survive change. We get good at change.
And when we get good at change, we stop spending our days worrying and our nights and weekends feeling guilty about not worrying about the next reorg or recession or health problem or marital challenge. We stop living in fear and instead start savoring the crazy, exciting, messed up adventure of everyday life.
144 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 6, 2017
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About the author
Nick Tasler
9 books6 followersNick Tasler is an internationally acclaimed thought leader and—
Sorry for the interruption. My “official” bio continues below and, fear not, it is chock-full of the requisite self-aggrandizement and third-person references to my many, many accolades. But before I attempt to convince you that I am the Batman of business thought leaders, let me tell you who I am in real life. I’m a dad, a husband, and a total geek about the science of human nature. My dream is to spend every working moment writing and speaking about the latest and greatest insights that help us turn unpredictable changes into meaningful and exciting adventures. So, yeah, I guess I’m living my dream. Maybe my dream and your dilemma should hook up sometime and…ya know, grab a coffee and a gluten-free bagel or something?
Now back to our regularly scheduled list of things I would never ever say to someone I just met…
Nick Tasler is an internationally acclaimed thought leader, organizational psychologist, and the #1 best-selling author of four counter-intuitive books on the art and science of making decisions and leading change. He is also an expert writer for the Harvard Business Review and his work has been covered by The New York Times, Bloomberg Business Week, The Atlantic, Inc., U.S. News & World Report, The Financial Times, Fox Business, and Forbes; as well as NPR, the BBC, NBC, ABC, and CBS.
Nick’s original insights and dynamic style have benefited the world’s most respected organizations ranging from General Electric, Microsoft, JP Morgan, Novo Nordisk, Wells Fargo, the Royal Bank of Canada, and UnitedHealth Group to the Wharton School, Yale University, and many more.Nomadic by nature, Nick and his wife and their four kids live in…lots of places. Sometimes Minnesota. Sometimes Florida. Currently Puerto Rico.
Sorry for the interruption. My “official” bio continues below and, fear not, it is chock-full of the requisite self-aggrandizement and third-person references to my many, many accolades. But before I attempt to convince you that I am the Batman of business thought leaders, let me tell you who I am in real life. I’m a dad, a husband, and a total geek about the science of human nature. My dream is to spend every working moment writing and speaking about the latest and greatest insights that help us turn unpredictable changes into meaningful and exciting adventures. So, yeah, I guess I’m living my dream. Maybe my dream and your dilemma should hook up sometime and…ya know, grab a coffee and a gluten-free bagel or something?
Now back to our regularly scheduled list of things I would never ever say to someone I just met…
Nick Tasler is an internationally acclaimed thought leader, organizational psychologist, and the #1 best-selling author of four counter-intuitive books on the art and science of making decisions and leading change. He is also an expert writer for the Harvard Business Review and his work has been covered by The New York Times, Bloomberg Business Week, The Atlantic, Inc., U.S. News & World Report, The Financial Times, Fox Business, and Forbes; as well as NPR, the BBC, NBC, ABC, and CBS.
Nick’s original insights and dynamic style have benefited the world’s most respected organizations ranging from General Electric, Microsoft, JP Morgan, Novo Nordisk, Wells Fargo, the Royal Bank of Canada, and UnitedHealth Group to the Wharton School, Yale University, and many more.Nomadic by nature, Nick and his wife and their four kids live in…lots of places. Sometimes Minnesota. Sometimes Florida. Currently Puerto Rico.
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March 22, 2017
Really enjoyed this book. It's a quick read and I'll read it again at some point.
My favorite quote from the book sums it up in my head: "we are always free to explore new options. That freedom can never be taken from us.
Never free from change.
Always free to decide."
My takeaway is that we are never out of control of our own future and we get to choose how we decide to respond to situations...especially toward he situations that require us to bounce back.
My favorite quote from the book sums it up in my head: "we are always free to explore new options. That freedom can never be taken from us.
Never free from change.
Always free to decide."
My takeaway is that we are never out of control of our own future and we get to choose how we decide to respond to situations...especially toward he situations that require us to bounce back.
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