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This Book on Overcoming Adversity Will Change Your Life
Whether we like it or not, racism, sexism, and homophobia all still exist. Like you, I’m blown away that it’s 2020, and these types of biases and stereotypes still exist. I’m a fat, half-black recovering drug addict, and I know there are some opportunities I don’t get to enjoy despite my hard work and effort. Fortunately, that’s never stopped me from pushing forward, but it still weighs down on my mind every now and then.
Something I do for inspiration is to look for people who have overcome adversity because it gives me hope that I can do the same. Although I love analyzing people and how they accomplished what they did, it’d be a lot easier if there was some formula.
Luckily, Harvard Business School professor Laura Huang did just that in her new book Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage.
I had never heard of Laura, but the algorithms of today do a great job of recommending books to me. I can’t remember where I saw it, but Edge was recommended to me somewhere, and it was compared to the work of Adam Grant. I then took some time to check out Laura’s Twitter to learn about this book, and I was instantly sold. I picked up a copy and finished it in a day.
Synopsis
My brief synopsis of this book won’t come near to doing it justice.