HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness

Harvard Business Review · Martin E. P. Seligman · Tony Schwartz · Warren G. Bennis · Robert J. Thomas

Dec 2019 · Gildan Media · Narrated by Tim Paige and Emily Durante

About this audiobook

Come back from every setback a stronger and better leader We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you build your emotional strength and resilience-and to achieve high performance. This book will inspire you to: thrive on pressure like an Olympic athlete; manage and overcome negative emotions by acknowledging them; plan short-term goals to achieve long-term aspirations; surround yourself with the people who will push you the hardest; use challenges to become a better leader; use creativity to move past trauma; and understand the tools your mind uses to recover from setbacks.

About the author

Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content, Harvard Business Review provides professionals with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

Martin E. P. Seligman is a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books, including Learned Optimism and Authentic Happiness, and is the past president of both the American Psychological Association and its division of clinical psychology.

Tony Schwartz is the president and CEO of The Energy Project, which helps individuals and organizations perform at their best. Tony's book The Power of Full Engagement, coauthored with Jim Loehr, was a Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestseller and has been translated into twenty-eight languages.

Warren G. Bennis (1925-2014) was an internationally recognized scholar of organizational behavior, having written or edited many books and articles on leadership, motivation, and change in large-scale, complex organizations. His works include Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership.

Robert J. Thomas is the author of Crucibles of Leadership and coauthor, with Warren G. Bennis, of Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders.

Tim Paige is an audiobook narrator with a passion for rom coms, superheroes, and telling stories that provide an escape from the world (or a new lens with which to view it). His voice-over work includes national commercials, promos, trailers, and video games.

Emily Durante has been narrating audiobooks for over ten years and is also an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning audiobook director. She has been acting since the age of seven and has performed in a number of stage productions at the professional, collegiate, and regional levels.