Review: Adversity Quotient @ Work

Make Everyday Challenges the Key to Your Success

Paul G. Stolz, Ph.D

Adversity Quotient (AQ) is the precise, measurable, unconscious pattern of how you respond to adversity and in today's world, where you will encounter and average of 23 adversities every day, you need all that you can get. Adversity Quotient @ Work shows you how to measure your own AQ, build it up if needed, and develop high AQ in your team.

How do you handle life's realities? First, you will need to know your CORE.

C=Control: Are you able to control the situation and your reaction to it?

O=Ownership: Will you take the responsibility for the problem?

R=Reach: How far does adversity reach into other areas of your life?

E=Endurance: How long will the problem last?

Don't panic if you score too low on Adversity Quotient, it can be improved.

According to Stoltz the higher on's AQ, the more likely one will:

Be resilient in the face of adversity
Be a top performer and sustain high performance
Be authentically optimistic
Take necessary risks
Thrive on change
Remain healthy, energetic, and vital
Take on difficult and complex challenges
Persevere
Innovate to find solutions
Be an agile problem solver and thinker
Learn, grow, and improve

And, the lower one's AQ, the more likely one will:

Give up
Become overwhelmed
Become depressed
Not tap one's full potential
Feel helpless
Suffer illness
Get mired in problems
Avoid challenging jobs and situations
Leave good ideas and tools unused

Increasing your AQ will improve your life, protect your health, and propel you towards personal a professional success.

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