The Upside of Stress

Kelly McGonigal, PhD, is a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University, and a leading expert on the mind-body relationship. She teaches for the School of Medicine's Health Improvement Program and is a senior teacher/consultant for the Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. Her work demonstrates the applications of psychological science to personal health and happiness, as well as organizational success and social change.

出版者:Avery

作者:[美] 凯利·麦格尼格尔

页数:304

出版时间:2015-5-5

价格:USD 26.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781583335611

图书标签:心理学Stress压力KellyMcGonigal英文原版psychology心理组织行为学

The author of The Willpower Instinct delivers a controversial and groundbreaking new book that overturns long-held beliefs about stress.

More than forty-four percent of Americans admit to losing sleep over stress. And while most of us do everything we can to reduce it, Stanford psychologist and bestselling author Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., delivers a startling message: Stress isn’t bad. In The Upside of Stress, McGonigal highlights new research indicating that stress can, in fact, make us stronger, smarter, and happier—if we learn how to embrace it.

The Upside of Stress is the first book to bring together cutting-edge discoveries on the correlation between resilience—the human capacity for stress-related growth—and mind-set, the power of beliefs to shape reality. As she did in The Willpower Instinct, McGonigal combines science, stories, and exercises into an engaging and practical book that is both entertaining and life-changing, showing you:

how to cultivate a mind-set to embrace stress

how stress can provide focus and energy

how stress can help people connect and strengthen close relationships

why your brain is built to learn from stress, and how to increase its ability to learn from challenging experiences

McGonigal’s TED talk on the subject has already received more than 7 million views. Her message resonates with people who know they can’t eliminate the stress in their lives and want to learn to take advantage of it. The Upside of Stress is not a guide to getting rid of stress, but a guide to getting better at stress, by understanding it, embracing it, and using it.

读后感

本书分为两部分，第一部分通过一系列心理学研究，讨论了什么是压力，压力的好处。第二部分讨论了如何将压力转换为积极的动力。 麦格尼格尔在研究中发现，人们对压力的印象几乎都是负面的，忽视了压力的积极意义，“压力有害”的观点导致人们厌恶甚至逃避压力。逃避压力无法解决...  

喜欢看动漫的朋友应该都知道这样一个事实：每当主角身临绝境的时候，就是差不多爆发出新的强大能力的时候了。 以前我总觉得这是套路，毕竟要是主角死了，也就彻底没得演了，直到看了凯利·麦格尼格尔的《自控力：和压力做朋友》这本书，在他的讲述之下，我才明白强者之所以成为...  

用户评价

Can't day it works for me but comforting at least.

我在拿着英文原版和中文译本搭配着读，并做笔记和练习。这本书打动了我也改变了我，非常感谢作者。

哈哈，第二本读完作品，作者依然是斯坦福的教授，里面有很多科学依据说明压力对人的好处，以后不要总说压力山大，压力还是苹果呢！

有点意思，故事很多。stress means that something one cares about is on the line. Find that thing, and care about it properly. Also means fulfillment,

有点意思，故事很多。stress means that something one cares about is on the line. Find that thing, and care about it properly. Also means fulfillment,