Rebounders: How to Get Up and Succeed After Failing
When you get knocked down, do you get back up even stronger?
That’s the core question financial journalist Rick Newman poses in his new book Rebounders: How Winners Pivot From Setback to Success.
“A lot of renowned and successful people have failed at something, occasionally at something big,” Newman writes. The important thing is they learned from failure and ultimately became “better and more successful.”
Not everyone has the resilience to stand up when things crash around them. Those who are blessed with that ability Newman dubs “rebounders.” Defined as: “A person with the enviable ability to bounce back from adversity and thrive after setbacks.”
Failing is a teaching moment, or many moments, as the case may be. And it can be the best thing that ever happened to you, if you’re determined enough to get to the other side.
Newman deftly profiles a dozen successful folks, from CEOs to entrepreneurs to musicians to athletes, to find out how setbacks make people stronger and smarter. The stories are rich.
“I wanted to know what kept them going, where their confidence came from, how they found their way in the dark,” he writes.