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BOOKS
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR EFFECTIVENESS
In response to the stated needs of the Greater Miami business community, a course was developed at Miami Dade College to better prepare students for the rigors of dealing with the stresses of life and employment after graduation. For twenty years through seven editions, Essential Elements for Effectiveness: Optimal Functioning Through Positive Psychology, written by a team of four authors, has provided students a step by step, building block approach to goal setting, managing time, stress mastery, experiencing positive emotions, improving communication and enhancing relationships both at home and in the workplace. Written in a conversational style, it is a textbook that students frequently give to friends, partners and family members because it speaks so clearly to the nuts and bolts of using Positive Psychology to develop the emotional intelligence that leads to personal, interpersonal and workplace success.
STRESS MASTERY: The Art of Coping Gracefully
Can managing our stress in itself become something stressful in our lives? The authors of Stress Mastery: The Art of Coping Gracefully suggests that adding stress management to our to do list misses the chance of reimagining how we can live in a way that emphasizes meaning and purpose and sees problems as opportunities. By first understanding the physiological and psychological underpinnings and consequences of the stress response, we are then prepared to craft a path to mastery of stress. As we learn to weave practices as simple as periodically attending to the quality of our breathing into the fabric our lives, we can choose to live in a way where we create less stress for ourselves and actually thrive in the face of the challenges of life and not merely survive.
