A review by karinapplesauce
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg

I’ve made it a habit to not give ratings to “help” or “business” books because they are a different beast than fiction. And because I’m lazy. I’m also lazy with writing reviews about business books so here’s a bunch of quotes that struck me:

“[Resilience] isn’t about having a backbone, it’s about strengthening the muscles around our backbone.”

“Option A is not available, so let’s kick the shit out of Option B.” - reference to the title.

3 P’s can stunt recovery: 1) Personalization: the belief that we are at fault 2) Pervasiveness: the belief that an event will affect all areas of our life and 3) Permanence: the belief that the aftershocks of the event will last forever

“Leaning in to the suck.”

“He who was a why to live for can bear almost any how.”

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” - Seneca/Semisonic

“Wanting to improve is not a sign of weakness.”

The concept of “Moral Elevation” -- seeing someone else do something noble or virtuous and wanting to do the same yourself.

Space programs were more likely to have success after a catastrophic failure because they are scrutinized more carefully.
>>”To be resilient after failures, we have to learn from them.”
“A resilient organization helps people over these reactions (defensive, shut down) by creating a culture that helps people acknowledge their missteps and regrets.”

“You regret the things you don’t do, not the things you do.”

Failure as a learning opportunity.

In short, Sheryl Sandberg seems like a well-balanced, emotionally intelligent person and is everything that I am not. I vary between mad respect and not feeling good enough. I also wished she were the one who narrated her own book...