In Defense of Adversity: Turning Your Toughest Challenges into Your Greatest Success

Praise for In Defense of AdversityHighly successful people know how to grind in the face of adversity - how to stay persistent and determined despite obstacles. In Defense of Adversity gives readers skills and strategies that lay the perfect foundation for grinding through obstacles on their way to reaching their goals. - Barry Alvarez Director of Athletics University of Wisconsin and former football coachTrials and tribulations are a part of everyones life - from daily annoyances to life-changing events. Our ability to successfully overcome adversity in all its shapes and sizes is the key to living the life we want to live. In Defense of Adversity provides an easy-to-follow program that shows you how to face lifes obstacles in a positive productive manner. I highly recommend it. - Rocky Bleier four-time Super Bowl-winning Pittsburgh Steeler running back Vietnam War veteran and motivational speakerAdversity affects us all but it doesnt need to have a negative effect on your life! In Defense of Adversity lays out a method for seeing the positive aspect of adversities: as events we can leverage to empower ourselves and our lives. Theres no need to fear adversity because you can leverage it for success! - Chad Hymas Hall of Fame Speaker CSP CPAE and author of Doing What Must Be DoneWhat do you do when things dont work out as expected hoped or planned? In this intriguing insightful book author Steve Gavatorta shows how to be proactive extract the lessons learned from adversity and move forward better for the experience. A must read for any entrepreneur executive project manager or team leader. - Sam Horn author of Tongue Fu! and Got Your AttentionSometimes life business and even relationships can be tough and downright dreadful. If you want to be successful you must not only accept the challenges that come your way but welcome them with open arms. In Steves latest book Defense of Adversity he shows you how to win with defeat and gain with loss in simple actionable ways. A useful resource and awesome read for any business leader or entrepreneur. I highly recommend the book. - Karen Post Entrepreneur author of Brain Tattoos and: Brand TurnaroundBeing on an intense reality TV show like Cake Boss and competing in martial arts I must say I know a thing or two about adversity. Steves book In Defense of Adversity provides the perfect remedy for guiding people through the pitfalls of challenging times. -Anthony Bellifemine Cousin Anthony on TLCs Cake Boss and Jiu-Jitsu Purple BeltSteve has done an absolutely phenomenal job. In todays fast-paced ever-evolving world the ability to effectively deal with adversity is more important than ever. In Defense of Adversity provides an excellent roadmap to not only face adversity but overcome it or at the least...learn from it. -Ford Saeks President & CEO Prime Concepts Group and author of SuperpowerIn our high tech fast-paced rapidly changing world adversity is hitting us at speeds significantly faster than ever--and at a younger age--leaving us little time to respond and arming us with far too few tools for controlling that response in a productive manner. Its easy for a person to become averse to risk and to become frustrated and afraid of things when he or she lacks the tools to handle them.