Why We Get Resilience Wrong
Presenter:
Steve Magness, Talks at Google
Time:
1:00:20
Summary
Steve Magness discusses his book "Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness." A radical rethinking of how we perceive toughness and what it means to achieve our high ambitions in the face of hard things.
Toughness has long been held as the key to overcoming a challenge and achieving greatness, whether it is on the sports field, at a boardroom, or at the dining room table. Yet, the prevailing model has promoted a mentality based on fear, false bravado, and hiding any sign of weakness. In other words, the old model of toughness has failed us. In "Do Hard Things", Steve teaches us how we can work with our body – how experiencing discomfort, leaning in, paying attention, and creating space to take thoughtful action can be the true indications of cultivating inner strength.
Transcript
Hi, everyone. Welcome to this toxic Google virtual event. My name is Jordi smella, and I'm on the exchange platforms team in the as organization at Google. I've also been active in the wellbeing space at Google for about a decade. Before we get started, I want to remind the
audience that we'll be taking questions today toward the end of the talk. And as you can think of questions throughout this conversation, you can add them to the live chat to your right. I'm very excited to introduce today's guest, Steve Magnus.
Steve has has been a writer for a long time, and I've been reading and listening to Steve's work for for many years as an avid runner, and that's initially how I got to know him as well. Ever since Steve has expanded his work and became a world renowned expert on performance, wellbeing and sustainable success. His most recent book is do hard things, why we get resilience wrong, and the surprising science of real toughness.