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Prevail

How to Face Upheavals and Make Big Choices with the Help of Heroes

Robert Klitgaard

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English
Wipf & Stock Publishers
06 January 2022
"Robert Klitgaard is a world-renowned advisor to governments and international organizations as they face upheavals and make transformative decisions. Here he turns his attention to our """"big choices."""" Moving across history, literature, philosophy, psychology, and everyday life, he shows how heroes can help us make transformative decisions about careers, romance, family, emigration, joining or leaving a religion or a political movement, and more. We see how to experiment with different callings, how to find and use big insights, and how to share and serve with compassion. We all confront upheavals and big choices, especially in these times of pandemics, economic turmoil, and dehumanization. We seek ideas and inspiration, not formulas or condescension. Prevail is full of twists and surprises and fascinating characters. In a world of skim-milk self-help, this is a book to savor and come back to, again and again."
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Imprint:   Wipf & Stock Publishers
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   426g
ISBN:   9781666791020
ISBN 10:   1666791024
Pages:   190
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Robert Klitgaard is a University Professor at Claremont Graduate University. Among his eleven previous books is Tropical Gangsters, named one of the New York Times' Books of the Century.

Reviews for Prevail: How to Face Upheavals and Make Big Choices with the Help of Heroes

"""I applaud the brilliant work of Bob Klitgaard's Prevail. . . . Its messages are presented with a unique kind of engaging erudition that has much to offer for general audiences as well as more academic ones. Buy, read, share Prevail to friends, family, and colleagues."" --Phil Zimbardo, President & Founder, Heroic Imagination Project ""Whether you are seeking solutions to dilemmas that you are confronting or deeper and better ways to think about them, Robert Klitgaard's wide-ranging book will give you lots to contemplate."" --Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education ""Robert Klitgaard is one of those rare professors who harnesses rigorous academic inquiry to big human questions, making his writing both insightful and relevant. With each new work, Klitgaard further journeys far beyond the status of academic intellectual to the role of wise teacher from whom we can all learn.'' --Jim Collins, author of Good to Great ""Reading Klitgaard's exploration of intimate partnerships will deepen your romantic love and result in a sustained experience of joy, passion, and human flourishing."" --Kimberly J. Miller, author of Boundaries for Your Soul ""Too often, life is about getting by, avoiding hardship and upheaval. That is a missed opportunity. In Prevail, Robert Klitgaard masterfully lays out the hero's path to ordinary greatness by seeing all of life as a calling. We all need this book."" --Arthur C. Brooks, author of The Road to Freedom ""Prevail gives us practical advice on how to face life's big challenges, based on the examples set by people who have lived lives that are full, not necessarily with accomplishments, but with service, gratitude, and intimacy."" --Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University ""Presented very much from a Christian perspective, this excellent book actually reflects the wisdom of all the world's great religions. It provides invaluable resources and wonderful inspiration."" --David Rosen, International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee ""After reading this book, I feel delighted and enriched. For all of us who face pivotal, or even cyclical, transitions and crises in our lives, this book provides guidance and wisdom. It does so with a playful lightness of touch that refreshes rather than weighs you down--indeed, a rare achievement. Drawing from a lifetime of reading broadly and working respectfully with peoples around the world, Klitgaard's synthesis is a blessing to us all."" --Ronald Heifetz, Harvard Kennedy School ""Bob Klitgaard, always a provocative thinker and teacher, has ventured into fascinating territory in this book. . . . Prevail offers glimpses of Klitgaard's global adventures and his own wisdom, perhaps best summarized in the recurring phrase 'both/and.' But it offers above all an extraordinary exploration of deep personal challenges and insights that draw on an unparalleled array of perspectives and wisdom."" --Katherine Marshall, Executive Director, World Faiths Development Dialogue ""This is an extraordinary book. . . . Drawing on his own deep learning and academic expertise and the personal insights of a lifetime, Bob Klitgaard sets out a brilliant framework of wisdom, experience, and understanding to help us on our way by discovering and developing heroism in our own lives and in the lives of others."" --Jesse Norman, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom ""Prevail is a dynamic new way of thinking about how you can learn from th"


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