OPTION B BY ADAM GRANT & SHERYL SANDBERG

Key Concepts: The Framework for Rebuilding
Sandberg and Grant provide actionable steps to navigate the "void" and rediscover joy:

The Three P’s (The Resilience Blockers): Recovery is often stunted by three mental traps:

• Personalization: Believing the event is your fault.
• Pervasiveness: Believing the tragedy will ruin every single area of your life.
• Permanence: Believing the pain will last forever.

• The Platinum Rule of Friendship: While the Golden Rule says to treat others as you want to be treated, the Platinum Rule says to treat them as they want to be treated. Instead of asking "Is there anything I can do?" (which puts the burden on the sufferer), just do something specific—like bringing a meal or offering a hug.
• Kicking the Elephant Out of the Room: Silence increases suffering. Acknowledge the pain openly rather than using platitudes; even asking "How are you today?" can make someone feel seen instead of invisible.
• Self-Compassion and Journaling: Writing about traumatic events for just a few minutes a day helps label emotions and provides a sense of control. Practice self-compassion by extending the same kindness to yourself that you would to a friend.
• Post-Traumatic Growth: Trauma can lead to five forms of growth: finding personal strength, gaining appreciation for life, forming deeper relationships, discovering more meaning, and seeing new possibilities.
• The Discipline of Joy: Joy is an act of defiance against despair. The book encourages daily habits like writing down three small moments of joy to retrain the brain to notice the good, even in the dark.