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The Undefeated Mind
- On the Science of Constructing an Indestructible Self
- Narrated by: Phil Holland
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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Summary
Legions of self-help authors rightly urge personal development as the key to happiness, but they typically fail to focus on its most important objective: hardiness. Though that which doesn't kill us can make us stronger, as Nietzsche tells us, few authors today offer any insight into just how to springboard from adversity to strength.
It doesn't just happen automatically, and it takes practice. New scientific research suggests that resilience isn't something with which only a fortunate few of us have been born, but rather something we can all take specific action to develop. To build strength out of adversity, we need a catalyst. What we need, according to Dr. Alex Lickerman, is wisdom - wisdom that adversity has the potential to teach us.
Lickerman's underlying premise is that our ability to control what happens to us in life may be limited, but we have the ability to establish a life-state to surmount the suffering life brings us. The Undefeated Mind distills the wisdom we need to create true resilience into nine core principles, including:
- A new definition of victory and its relevance to happiness
- The concept of the changing of poison into medicine
- A way to view prayer as a vow we make to ourselves.
- A method of setting expectations that enhances our ability to endure disappointment and minimizes the likelihood of quitting
- An approach to taking personal responsibility and moral action that enhances resilience
- A process for managing pain - both physical and emotional - that enables us to push through obstacles that might otherwise prevent us from attaining our goals
- A method of leveraging our relationships with others that helps us manifest our strongest selves
Through stories of patients who have used these principles to overcome suffering caused by unemployment, unwanted weight gain, addiction, rejection, chronic pain, retirement, illness, loss, and even death, Dr. Lickerman shows how we too can make these principles function within our own lives, enabling us to develop for ourselves the resilience we need to achieve indestructible happiness. At its core, The Undefeated Mind urges us to stop hoping for easy lives and focus instead on cultivating the inner strength we need to enjoy the difficult lives we all have.
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- Adrian J. Smith
- 01-12-21
The best self help book for a long time
This is perhaps the most realistic, comprehensive self help book I haveever read. Across the board, the undefeated mind gives one the tools they need to deal with the difficulties life throws at them.
For someone who felt themself to be mentally weak, and ashamed of how I responded to the hardships life threw at me, the undefeated mind helped put my reactions to problems in perspective and helped free me of the shame I felt, but also gave me the strength and insight to realize what was going wrong and how to remedy it.
A book that is filled with understanding and compassion but also true wisdom. Definitely among the best books I have listened to this year, with excellent narration that kept this listener engaged from beginning to end.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-03-21
brilliant
I loved this book just loved it so much I'm listening to it again
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- John Ex
- 22-02-21
Inspiring and useful
Yes, as per other readers' views the narration (to begin with) was a bit wearing, but I actually got used to it and acclimatised.
This book is really useful in that it comprises a medical perspective as well as a Buddhist one - not something I've come across before.
Lots of inspiring real-world case studies and helpful insights.
I fully reccommend this audiobook or else its paper counterpart.
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- George Dutton
- 29-12-23
Surprisingly good
I didn’t expect much from this book as the narration isn’t that good and it hasn’t had many reviews. But this book is underrated. The insights are brilliant, the short stories from the author’s experience are brilliant, and the practical take aways are brilliant. This book should be a best seller
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- Elizabeth
- 30-05-21
Enriching.
I loved this and will be listening again. Comprehensive and though provoking. Good narration
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- Kimster
- 15-12-23
Excellent book. Very interesting.
I found this a very interesting and profound book about human fragility and the strength of hope. And of course, it is also about nichiren buddhism and meditation. Most of all, it is a story about compassion and honesty. I would reccommend it to anyone interested in human beings.
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- MR
- 15-07-15
Highly recommend
Really well put together and thought out audiobook. Fantastic examples of potential obstacles that life can sometimes throw our way and how we can turn experiences into strengths or "poison into medicine". Having had a pretty rough year having dealt with several issues all at once I have found this book really helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 12-02-21
Beautiful!
Beautiful book! Good perspective on life and human condition, from a fortunate combination of medical expertise and wisdom, encapsulating most challenging issues of living life, from joy/motivation, life mission, depression, mindset, life crisis to grief and fear of death and all aimed at building more resilience. The examples he gives are quite relevant for the lessons learned that he puts on the table for the readers . Good to re-listen and extract the very practical advice .
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- Krista
- 05-03-22
Excellent book overall
Great thought provoking book, really interesting. I did find the reader hard to engage with as he was very monotone
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- M
- 23-11-20
Great content, terrible narration.
Phil Holland narrates this book and does a very lackluster job. If you can manage to stay with it long enough you can get some worthwhile information. It's as if you were listening to someone completely disinterested in the subject matter. Which doesn't engage the listener.
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