Resilience, Confidence, and Positive Thinking - Manga for Success

Strengthen your confidence, positivity, and resilience with Manga for Success!
 
Resilience, Confidence, and Positive Thinking: Manga for Success will show you how to change your perspective to improve your wellbeing. This manga tells the story of Reisa, who recently started a new job at an advertising agency. Overwhelmed and stressed by the new workload and criticism from her boss, her mental health starts to suffer. One day, Reisa runs into Tsuyoshi, an old college friend. Captivated by Tsuyoshi's strong self-esteem and confidence, she asks for his advice. To help Reina relieve her mental fatigue, break out of her negative mindset, and rebuild her confidence, Tsuyoshi suggests resilience tips he adopted abroad. Following his advice, Reina addresses the roots of her habitual negativity, begins to positively control her emotions, starts to turn around her relationships with her peers, and becomes the best version of herself.
* Understand the principles of positive psychology and resilience, including Bandura's self-efficacy theory, and learn how they can easily be applied in your life
* Learn how to watch out for emotional vampires, build your self-empowerment, and control negative emotions
* Gain skills for overcoming negativity and disappointments, while building a strong mind and heart
 
Discover why manga for businesspeople is so wildly popular in Japan, China, Korea, and elsewhere. Resilience, Confidence, and Positive Thinking: Manga for Success is fun to read--and it could just change your life!

List of contents

Preface 11
 
Prologue Resilience Is . . .
 
Story 1 Why Aren't Things Going Well?! 16
 
1. Why Resilience Is Necessary Now
 
Stress Wears the Heart Out 28
 
Career Turning Points Are Dangers to the Heart 30
 
2. What Is Resilience?
 
Resilience Is 32
 
Three Traits of Someone with High Resilience 33
 
Resilience Is a Psychological Resource Everyone Has 34
 
3. Strengthening Resilience
 
Three Steps to Strengthen Resilience 36
 
Challenges Become Nourishment for Resilience 38
 
Resilience Becomes Stronger Through Practice 41
 
Part 1 Controlling Negative Emotions
 
Story 2 I See, so I Was Exhausted 44
 
1. How to Not Be Swayed by Negative Emotions
 
Stress Makes the Heart Weaker 60
 
Emotions Can Be Controlled 61
 
Don't Seal Off Emotions 62
 
2. Negative Is Stronger Than Positive
 
The Rumination Phenomenon of Emotions 65
 
The Positive Brain and the Negative Brain 67
 
3. Emotions Are Hiding in the Shadows of Problematic Behavior
 
The Mechanism of Emotions and Behaviors 70
 
4. Irritation and Anxiety Are Contagious
 
Beware of the Emotional Vampire 73
 
Using Emotional Transmission Daily 74
 
5. The Positive Role That Negative Emotions Play
 
Learn How to Control Your Emotions 76
 
6. The Three Methods of Controlling Emotions
 
Cool Your Emotions Down with Breathing Exercises 79
 
Label Your Emotions 80
 
Find a Diversion from Your Negative Emotions 83
 
Part 2 Taming Negative Assumptions
 
Story 3 How to Hang Out with an Assumption Dog 88
 
1. What Are Assumptions?
 
People's Hearts Have Tinted Lenses 106
 
The Mechanisms of Assumptions and Emotions 107
 
Learn to Control Your Emotions 109
 
2. Taming Assumptions
 
The Seven Types of Negative Assumptions 110
 
The Righteous Dog (The "Should Be" Mindset) 111
 
The Loser Dog (The Devaluing Mindset) 113
 
The Worrywart Dog (The Pessimistic Mindset) 115
 
The Abandoning Dog (The Powerless Mindset) 117
 
The Apologetic Dog (The Self-Accusing Mindset) 118
 
The Criticism Dog (The Blaming Others Mindset) 120
 
The Apathetic Dog (The Irresponsible Mindset) 122
 
Become Aware of Your Assumptions 124
 
3. Three Ways to Deal with Assumption Dogs
 
Dealing with Negative Assumptions 126
 
Banish the Assumption Dog 126
 
Accept the Assumption Dog 127
 
Train/Tame the Assumption Dog 127
 
Part 3 Get Social Support
 
Story 4 Is There Someone Who Can Help You? 132
 
1. Why Are You Unable to Rely on Others?
 
The External and Internal Reasons for Being Unable to Rely on Others 156
 
The Three Features of Workplaces That Are Not Cooperative 157
 
Assumptions Can Hinder Relationships with Others 158
 
2. Get Social Support
 
Build Quality Interpersonal Relationships 160
 
Find Five Supporters 161
 
3. Creating an Organization with High Resilience
 
What Are the Requirements for a Resilient Workplace? 164
 
4. Four Factors in Forming Quality Relationships
 
Relationships with Cooperation 166
 
Relationships with Respect 167
 
Relationships with Trust 168
 
Relationships with Playfulness 169
 
Part 4 Restoring Your Self-Confidence
 
Story 5 Learn How to Work with Confidence 172
 
1. Why Are You Unable to Feel Confident?
 
People Who Are Unable to Take a Step Forward Because They Lack Self-Confiden

About the author

KOJI KUZE joined a foreign company after graduating from Keio University. While there, he studied resilience and became a certified resilience master trainer. After that, he established a school for working adults, and human resources and instructors on resilience. The corporate resilience training was featured in shows like NHK's Today's Close-up and Kansai Television's Super News.

Summary

Strengthen your confidence, positivity, and resilience with Manga for Success!

Resilience, Confidence, and Positive Thinking: Manga for Success will show you how to change your perspective to improve your wellbeing. This manga tells the story of Reisa, who recently started a new job at an advertising agency. Overwhelmed and stressed by the new workload and criticism from her boss, her mental health starts to suffer. One day, Reisa runs into Tsuyoshi, an old college friend. Captivated by Tsuyoshi's strong self-esteem and confidence, she asks for his advice. To help Reina relieve her mental fatigue, break out of her negative mindset, and rebuild her confidence, Tsuyoshi suggests resilience tips he adopted abroad. Following his advice, Reina addresses the roots of her habitual negativity, begins to positively control her emotions, starts to turn around her relationships with her peers, and becomes the best version of herself.
* Understand the principles of positive psychology and resilience, including Bandura's self-efficacy theory, and learn how they can easily be applied in your life
* Learn how to watch out for emotional vampires, build your self-empowerment, and control negative emotions
* Gain skills for overcoming negativity and disappointments, while building a strong mind and heart

Discover why manga for businesspeople is so wildly popular in Japan, China, Korea, and elsewhere. Resilience, Confidence, and Positive Thinking: Manga for Success is fun to read--and it could just change your life!

Product details

• Authors: K Kuze, Koji Kuze, Koji (Keio University) Kuze
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2023
• EAN: 9781394176106
• ISBN: 978-1-394-17610-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Manga for Success
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business; Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Office Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success, Business & management, Management: leadership and motivation, Office and workplace, Advice on careers and achieving success, Wirtschaft u. Management, Spezialthemen Wirtschaft u. Management, Business & Management Special Topics