Resilience, Confidence, and Positive Thinking: Manga for Success

Preface ...... 11
Resilience Is…
Why Aren’t Things Going Well?! ...... 16

01. Why Resilience is Currently Necessary
• Stress Wears the Heart Out ...... 28
• Career Turning Points Are Dangers to the Heart ...... 30
02. What is Resilience?
• Resilience Is… ...... 32
• Three Traits of Someone With High Resilience ...... 33
• Resilience is a Psychological Resource Everyone Has ...... 34
03. Strengthening Resilience
• Three Steps to Strengthen Resilience ...... 36
• Challenges Become Nourishment For Resilience ...... 38
• Resilience Becomes Stronger Through Practice ...... 41

Part 1 Controlling Negative Emotions I See, So I Was Exhausted. ...... 44
01. How to Not be Swayed By Negative Emotions
• Stress Makes the Heart Weaker ...... 60
• Emotions Can Be Controlled ...... 61
• Do Not Seal Off Emotions ...... 62
02. Negative Is Stronger Than Positive
• The Rumination Phenomenon of Emotions ...... 65
• The Positive Brain and the Negative Brain ...... 67
03. Emotions Are Hiding in the Shadows of Problematic Behavior
• The Mechanism of Emotions and Behaviors ...... 70
04. Irritation and Anxiety Are Contagious
• Beware of the Emotional Vampire ...... 73
• Using Emotional Transmission Daily ...... 74
05. The Positive Role That Negative Emotions Have
• Learn How to Control Emotions ...... 76
06. The Three Methods In Controlling Emotions
• Control Your Breathing to Cool Your Mixed Up Emotions ...... 79
• Add Labels to Your Emotions ...... 80
• Don’t Hold On to Your Stress Overnight ...... 83

Part 2 Taming Negative Assumptions
Story How to Hang Out With an Assumption Dog ...... 88
01. What Are Assumptions?
• People Have Tinted Glasses Inside Their Hearts ...... 106
• The Mechanisms of Assumptions And Emotions ...... 107
• In Order to Control Your Emotions ...... 109
02. Taming Assumptions
• The Seven Types of Negative Assumptions ...... 110
• The Righteous Dog (The Should Be Mindset) ...... 111
• The Loser Dog (The Devaluing Mindset) ...... 113
• The Worrywart Dog (The Pessimistic Mindset) ...... 115
• The Abandoning Dog (The Powerless Mindset) ...... 117
• The Apologetic Dog (The Self-Accusing Mindset) ...... 118
• The Criticism Dog (The Mindset of Blaming Others) ...... 120
• The Apathetic Dog (The Irresponsible Mindset) ...... 122
• In Order To Realize Your Assumptions ...... 124
03. Three Ways To Deal With Assumption Dogs
• Dealing With Negative Assumptions ...... 126
• Banish It ...... 126
• Accept It ...... 127
• Training/Taming ...... 127

Part 3 Get Social Support
Is There Someone Who Can Help You? ...... 132