The Flipside

by Adam J. Jackson

A setback can change the course of your life. But why should the change be a negative one? Challenges and obstacles are part of life, but while some wilt under pressure, others rise to the occasion. Could it be there is a method for overcoming adversity and turning failure into success? The flipside is the hidden opportunity inside each problem - an opportunity so powerful that it dwarfs the original difficulty. THE FLIPSIDE is full of life-affirming stories of well-known and not so well-known people from around the world. It will change the way you look at adversity, and help you turn setbacks into triumphs.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Personal Development

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 9, 2009

About the author

Adam was born in 1962 in Sussex, England. He graduated with a degree in Law
from the University of Southampton in 1983 and went on to qualify as a Solicitor
and practise Law in London. However, after three years, Adam decided to leave the
Law to pursue a career in natural health sciences.

Adam became a regular columnist for the Nursing Times and Health Guardian and an international, best-selling author. In his business life, Adam built a successful skincare business (Taylor Jackson Health Products) helping psoriasis and eczema sufferers all over the world.

More recently Adam has developed several technology businesses and set up a national initiative helping students learn to computer programming.

Reviews

[Cath Duncan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adam did a great job of writing a very inspiring book about dealing with adversity and finding the hidden opportunities in adversity.

I particularly liked:
- the fact that he drew real-life stories from a wide range of different nationalities, rather than just the usual American stories.
- the way he pulls out the common themes in the ways that those people were thinking - ways of thinking that helped them to turn adversity into opportunity.

You can get the Bottom-line on The Flipside, along with my interview with the author, Adam Jackson, over at The Bottom-line Bookclub:
http://www.bottomlinebookclub.com/200...

[Halo Phạm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sài Gòn _ 2015

4.5 stars

Kiểu như lúc ấy bị ốm, vào viện một tuần. Xong rồi đọc iêm này, kiêu như là đúng người đúng thời điểm ấy, nên làm cho mình lạc quan, nhận ra mọi điều xảy ra xung quanh đều có mặt trái của nó, và rất lấy làm vui :)))
Chóng khỏe, rồi bớt suy nghĩ tiêu cực đi, ncl khá ổn trong time ấy ^^

[Drthuongn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Con người sẽ thay đổi, nhưng chỉ khi họ chán ngấy và mệt mỏi việc cứ phải mệt mỏi và chán ngấy. Hầu hết chúng ta sẽ gặp thời điểm ta phải nói với bản thân mình rằng "Thế là đủ". Chỉ khi đó chúng ta mới sẵn sàng dấn bước thay đổi cuộc đời mình

[Khai Tran · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good book for those who want to learn how to find way to overcome their abyss!

[Tan Pham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kind of motivating people, make people know how lucky they have. Others can be in a really bad circumstance but they still stand on and grow like normal people.

[clouds flying in the sky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sáo rỗng

[Regina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Generally a good read. But it is definitely not exactly a page-turner. If you are just looking around without any purpose, you might pick up a thing or two. But if you took this book into your hands with a purpose, then you will definitely find the flipside of your own life. I’d say this one is for those who already are on some sort of enlightenment journey. The NPCs will probably put it down after a few pages.

[Phuong Mai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Điều mình tâm đắt nhất khi đọc xong cuốn sách là Học cách trở thành người lạc quan. Bước đầu tiên để tìm ra Mặt Phải của một vấn đề là nhìn nó bằng đôi mắt lạc quan và hỏi bản thân Diều này xảy ra sẽ có gì tốt? Nếu bạn không thể tìm được câu trả lời, hãy hỏi thời gian này mình sẽ làm gì để "Mình Được Sống, chứ không phải mình đang tồn tại".

[Thi Nguyên (Thảo Điền) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liệu bạn luôn tìm thấy mặt phải hay mặt trái trong những vấn đề của cuộc sống
Còn mình có lẻ toàn thấy mặt trái trước, khổ thân ...

Nói thật là mình chả hiểu sao hồi đó lại đi mua cái cuốn trời trời đất đất này nữa, chắc hồi nhỏ ngu ngơ nên thấy trên mạng nói hay là mua cho bằng được, mua về rồi còn hớn ha hớn hở, đến lúc đọc thì mặt nhăn một đống.

Nội dung gồm một đống các câu chuyện truyền cảm hứng, kiểu vượt qua nghịch cảnh, nhưng mà lúc đó còn bé quá mà, có hiểu cái vẹo gì đâu mà cảm vs chả hứng. Để hôm nào đọc lại thử có lên mood được chút nào hông, tính ra từ khi lớn lên cũng gặp được nhiều nghịch cảnh mà.

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Mặt Phải - Adam J. Jackson (2009)
Tuy Phước, 01/06/2013
Đánh giá: 6.5/10 điểm

[Sharat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whenever the chips are down and you need a pep talk, just browse through the couple of chapters of "Flipside". A real narrative of people who turned adversity into blessing and created success stories out of a "No-Hope" kind of situation. The book vividly describes about circumstances in which KFC was founded. Highly recommended for finding the bright side of any problem. The author makes you think about any problem as an opportunity/chance which is waiting to be explored/expolited

[Paul Bard · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you need to recover from a catastrophe, then turn to page 233, the first page of the Epilogue, for the questions which constitute the meat of the book.

Frankly, the rest of the book is well-written potatoes - that is, stories. So if you want true stories of hope and courage, the book will be right for you. I wasn't the right audience really.

[Siddhartha · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is always that magic which make things happen. This book describes on the same. The power of optimism is phenomenal and this book has stories of people whose lives have changed with being optimistic and opportunistic.


Maybe we are staring at brown's and ignoring our blues? (Should read the book to get this)

[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thankfully not Pollyanna-ish, but constructive view to help when life slaps you one. If you do suffer some tragedy/problem, this is probably helpful in giving you a way to cope. It seems amazing that so many different people felt these awful occurrences were the best thing that happened to them.

[Rohan Mehta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked the book, especially the examples that the author gives to prove that life's worth living despite of any tragedies. The examples are inspiring and none drags too long. The flow makes you believe in the authors point. Thumbs up..!!

[Thanh Ho · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would recommend this to those who are under hard circumstances in your life. By knowing that other human beings had been going through the same hardship, and successfully navigated out of it, we are tipped with more strength.

[Puu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book a long time ago but when read again, I'm still amazed like the first time. I love the way the author set very typical and vivid examples about how setbacks can become our own lucks.
If you're in trouble and need to see the light, come to this book.

[Joao Mendes · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must read for all non-born-optimists

Well researched book, great real-life examples of finding the golden-nuggets in problems/challenges, of seeing the positive following traumatic accidents or disabilities, and of the value of having ones brain wired for optimism!

[Umesh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely epic book, strongly recommended to read this book, mainly it talks about Viktor Frankl's Third Avenue of Finding the meaning of life st thectime of Adversity, tragedy n trauma and msking best out of it. Anecdotes afe really inspiring n life changing.

[Kumaran C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book to read in lifetime to know what is opportunity. And how fortunate we are to gain that and move our life with that with positive intent. And make ourself and others happy. To obtain satisfaction in life by our life and it's hidden opportunities.

[Phương Đặng]

Không thích đọc thể loại self-helf nên chỉ đọc cho xong.
Nhưng dường như là có chút tác động tới bản thân, cảm thấy có nhiều suy nghĩ tích cục hơn trong giai đoạn bị ảnh hưởng sâu sắc bởi đại dịch Covid-19.

[Umar farook]

its a nice book to learn how to change difficult things into oppurtunities.

[Ali · Rating 2 out of 5]

if my friends read this they would probably stop hanging out with me

[VK · Rating 4 out of 5]

read few pages... looks fine. and this book having more information about those who are found flipside in their problms...

[Manjit Chahal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good & enjoyable self help book for those who want to know how they can see opporunity in life.

[Martha]

loved every page it has inspired me so much

[Gabriel Uchôa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing!

[Anuradha Goyal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Detailed review here https://www.anuradhagoyal.com/the-fli...

[Sylvain · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not sure I can check the "read" box, I could not go through all of it... Just stories after stories with the same takeaway each time. I definitely would not recommend it.

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book on how almost for every valley somehow you will get a hill. fascinating book. Adam has grasped the theme of two sides well will exemplary examples.

[Vijay Shrotryia · Rating 4 out of 5]

detailed review at:

https://shrotryia-bookreview.blogspot...