This is a truly refreshing captivating and important book that shifted my perception on a topic I thought I knew A must read. Steven Bartlett entrepreneur and host of The Diary of a CEOIt hooked me right in . . . A fantastic book. Chis EvansEntertaining. Engaging. Educating. Professor Damian Hughes cohost of the High Performance podcastResilience is the buzzword of the moment. Were told that if we have it our lives will be happy and successful ones. If we dont we need to acquire it.But what if the version of resilience weve been peddled is a mythHere Sunday Times bestselling author Bruce Daisley demolishes a concept that has spawned a multimillion pound industry of books workshops and courses exposing the highly questionable science it rests on. In its place he outlines a very different approach to good mental health that embraces the latest science and research.Offering empirically tested advice Fortitude sets out a practical path to greater selfconfidence and courage for us all.Something I never knew I needed to read but Im so glad I did its opened up a whole angle of thinking. Nadiya HussainA fascinating and important pushback against the narrow joyeroding version of resilience that would leave us to sink or swim alone Fortitude is an indispensable guide to a more energising human and effective approach to working and thriving in a postpandemic world. Oliver Burkeman author of Four Thousand Weeks