DIARIO
DE UN RESILIENTE
An autobiography of personal growth
A work that explores how the mind interprets reality, and how that interpretation shapes our emotions and behavior.
A journey that brings together personal and professional experience with scientific psychology to explain how the decisions that end up defining our lives take shape.
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Synopsis
Diario de un resiliente is a story of personal growth that tells the life of a person who went from a privileged childhood to a young adulthood marked by adversity and, later, to overcoming it and succeed on their own merits.
This book shares the personal and professional evolution of its author, and how he progressed by learning to think, decide and act better amid challenges and uncertainty.
The core essence and guiding thread of the book is positive psychology and cognitive neuroscience, relating its chapters to different concepts that are topical today, such as attitude, leadership, emotional intelligence, intrinsic motivation or stability under pressure.
Diario de un resiliente was born with a threefold aim: to inspire, to popularize positive psychology concepts and to serve as practical help for people going through a moment of personal and professional growth.
Pages: 380
Publisher: Universo de Letras, Planeta
Paperback price: €25
eBook price: €9,90
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Why reading this book can impact you
Because you might recognize yourself in wanting but not knowing how
In who you are, and in what holds you back.
In what you still don't know how to change
Because there are not masks here
No sugar-coating. No feel-good quotes.
Just raw reality, without filters or hypocrisy
Because I reveal myself in every page
I tell you how I went from a complacent mindset to one of continuous growth.
How I turned adversity into fuel and my will into direction
Why it can move you
Because it doesn't matter if you are twenty or fifty years old
Whether you're just starting out or still finding your way.
This book can serve as a wake-up call
Because it is not written from philosophy, but from the trenches;
from every single fall and every unanswered question;
and also from every achievement I once believed impossible
Because I share what truly transformed me
What I learned after refusing to simply accept resignation.
What I learned to turn into growth and achievements
Why it can leave a mark on you
Because there is zero posturing
What I share is real; everything I wish I'd known at twenty.
No ego. No guru nonsense
Because it's written by someone who has been where you might be now.
And who learned to overcome and design a mindset that changed everything
What impacts you or not is up to you
On your moment, your beliefs, and what you do with what happens to you.
And on your determination to take action.
If you decide to read it, I wish you a journey as beatiful as it was for me to write it.
This book is not for you if
You look for quick formulas, shortcuts, or advice from auditorium experts.
You are driven by temporary motivation, and not by willpower and perseverance.
You feel too lazy to do deep work or, simply, you are not in that moment.
This book is for you if
You're stuck in the cycle of wanting to change but feeling unable to.
You believe your life could be different, but do not know where to start.
You have broken down and have already decided to take action, whatever it takes.
Chapters
Chapter 1
SOLEDAD NO DESEADA:
una puerta al conocimiento
Chapter 2
AUTOESTIMA:
ser o no ser, esa fue la cuestión
Chapter 3
AUTOCONOCIMIENTO:
el legado de Sócrates
Chapter 4
MI AUTÉNTICA IDENTIDAD:
desmontando un ego de control externo
Chapter 5
MENTALIDAD DE CRECIMIENTO:
el crecimiento de mi mentalidad
Chapter 6
MERLÍN Y GALATEA:
los magos de la autosuperación
Chapter 7
AUTOMOTIVACIÓN:
haciendo de mí la mejor recompensa
Chapter 8
FUERZA DE VOLUNTAD:
la soledad del camino al éxito
Chapter 9
INTELIGENCIA EMOCIONAL:
200.000 años de experiencia a mi servicio
Chapter 10
AUTOCONTROL:
desatando mi potencial
Chapter 11
RESILIENCIA:
cuando las cicatrices del pasado son los galones del futuro
SECOND PART
Chapter 12
LA JUNGLA LABORAL:
esfuerzo, carisma y marca personal vs. titulitis
Chapter 13
CUERPO Y HÁBITOS DE VIDA:
más allá de la autoimagen
Chapter 14
RINCÓN DE PAZ:
el bálsamo del silencio
Chapter 15
CONCIENCIA PLENA:
vivir en el ahora
Chapter 16
BONDAD, PASIÓN, ENTREGA Y GRATITUD:
los cuatro ases de la baraja de mi vida
Chapter 17
ACEPTACIÓN Y ADAPTACIÓN:
vivir o sobrevivir
Chapter 18
FELICIDAD:
¿Oasis o paraíso?
THIRD PART
Chapter 19
VIDA PLENA:
¿El final o el inicio del camino?
Chapter 20
DIARIO DE ABORDO:
viaje desde una vida real hasta una vida ideal
Diario de un resiliente
Una autobiografía de superación personal
Francisco Gratacós
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