The author relates the life stories of five gifted, high-achieving young men who overcame serious adversity and have thrived at universities or in professional careers. He explores how these men overcame adversity to reach high levels of achievement and the relationships that guided their behaviors, attitudes, and aspirations, as well as lessons learned from them regarding resilience. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Talented Young Men Overcoming Tough Times features the life stories of five gifted, high-achieving young men who overcame serious adversity in their lives. Their stories, captured through qualitative interviews, help us to better understand the factors that shaped their resilience and enabled them to overcome difficult challenges, including homelessness, poverty, bullying, dysfunctional families, and abuse. The five young men succeeded in overcoming their difficult circumstances in adolescence and met strong success in higher education, obtaining advanced graduate degrees and moving on to productive professional careers. The author presents the five life stories by dedicating an individual chapter to each young man featured in the book and concludes by synthesizing the consistent themes that are woven throughout the five inspirational life stories.
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