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A groundbreaking model that unveils the key to unlocking resilience, Uprise is your guide to overcoming challenges and thriving in a changing world.Success rarely comes on the first attempt. In Uprise, running coach, marathoner, and educator Kevin D. Washburn explores hope, mindset, grit, and resilience, revealing connections between them and sharing the strategies of each that empower success.
Uprise provides a blueprint to achievement. With examples of regular people who pursue goals, experience setbacks, and apply the book's strategies to achieve success, it illustrates the power of resilience in everyday life. Uprise also reveals how we can help others-children, friends, colleagues?develop the extraordinary strength of resilience. It highlights such examples of "iron sharpening iron" as teachers and friends ignite resilience in others.Setbacks happen, but success is possible. Uprise reveals how.
About the author
Kevin D. Washburn, Ed.D. is an inspiring runner, coach, and writer based in Pelham, Alabama. As the Executive Director of Clerestory Learning and Cofounder/Co-owner of Make Way for Books, Kevin's expertise extends far and wide. He wrote the influential Architecture of Learning instructional design model, the transformative Foundations & Frameworks instructional reading program, and the empowering Writer's Stylus instructional writing program. Kevin is also the author of
The Architecture of Learning: Designing Instruction for the Learning Brain.
From elementary to graduate classrooms, Kevin has dedicated himself to education and has coached numerous individuals to achieve their first 5Ks and beyond. Living with his talented wife, Julia, a fine art photographer, he finds joy in cycling, swimming, weight workouts, architecture, music, bookstores, and the captivating world of live theater.
Summary
Unleash your inner resilience and achieve limitless possibilities with Uprise, the practical guidebook that equips you to conquer challenges, build lasting habits, and create a more resilient world.
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