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Resilience, Confidence, and Positive Thinking. Manga for Success. Edition No. 1

  • Book

  • 240 Pages
  • April 2023
  • John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • ID: 5839727

Strengthen your confidence, positivity, and resilience with Manga for Success!

Resilience, Confidence, and Positive Thinking: Manga for Success will show you how to change your perspective to improve your wellbeing. This manga tells the story of Reisa, who recently started a new job at an advertising agency. Overwhelmed and stressed by the new workload and criticism from her boss, her mental health starts to suffer. One day, Reisa runs into Tsuyoshi, an old college friend. Captivated by Tsuyoshi's strong self-esteem and confidence, she asks for his advice. To help Reina relieve her mental fatigue, break out of her negative mindset, and rebuild her confidence, Tsuyoshi suggests resilience tips he adopted abroad. Following his advice, Reina addresses the roots of her habitual negativity, begins to positively control her emotions, starts to turn around her relationships with her peers, and becomes the best version of herself.

  • Understand the principles of positive psychology and resilience, including Bandura’s self-efficacy theory, and learn how they can easily be applied in your life
  • Learn how to watch out for emotional vampires, build your self-empowerment, and control negative emotions
  • Gain skills for overcoming negativity and disappointments, while building a strong mind and heart


Discover why manga for businesspeople is so wildly popular in Japan, China, Korea, and elsewhere. Resilience, Confidence, and Positive Thinking: Manga for Success is fun to read - and it could just change your life!

Table of Contents

Preface 11

Prologue Resilience Is . . .

Story 1 Why Aren’t Things Going Well?! 16

1. Why Resilience Is Necessary Now

Stress Wears the Heart Out 28

Career Turning Points Are Dangers to the Heart 30

2. What Is Resilience?

Resilience Is 32

Three Traits of Someone with High Resilience 33

Resilience Is a Psychological Resource Everyone Has 34

3. 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

Story 2 I See, so I Was Exhausted 44

1. How to Not Be Swayed by Negative Emotions

Stress Makes the Heart Weaker 60

Emotions Can Be Controlled 61

Don’t Seal Off Emotions 62

2. Negative Is Stronger Than Positive

The Rumination Phenomenon of Emotions 65

The Positive Brain and the Negative Brain 67

3. Emotions Are Hiding in the Shadows of Problematic Behavior

The Mechanism of Emotions and Behaviors 70

4. Irritation and Anxiety Are Contagious

Beware of the Emotional Vampire 73

Using Emotional Transmission Daily 74

5. The Positive Role That Negative Emotions Play

Learn How to Control Your Emotions 76

6. The Three Methods of Controlling Emotions

Cool Your Emotions Down with Breathing Exercises 79

Label Your Emotions 80

Find a Diversion from Your Negative Emotions 83

Part 2 Taming Negative Assumptions

Story 3 How to Hang Out with an Assumption Dog 88

1. What Are Assumptions?

People’s Hearts Have Tinted Lenses 106

The Mechanisms of Assumptions and Emotions 107

Learn to Control Your Emotions 109

2. 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 Blaming Others Mindset) 120

The Apathetic Dog (The Irresponsible Mindset) 122

Become Aware of Your Assumptions 124

3. Three Ways to Deal with Assumption Dogs

Dealing with Negative Assumptions 126

Banish the Assumption Dog 126

Accept the Assumption Dog 127

Train/Tame the Assumption Dog 127

Part 3 Get Social Support

Story 4 Is There Someone Who Can Help You? 132

1. Why Are You Unable to Rely on Others?

The External and Internal Reasons for Being Unable to Rely on Others 156

The Three Features of Workplaces That Are Not Cooperative 157

Assumptions Can Hinder Relationships with Others 158

2. Get Social Support

Build Quality Interpersonal Relationships 160

Find Five Supporters 161

3. Creating an Organization with High Resilience

What Are the Requirements for a Resilient Workplace? 164

4. Four Factors in Forming Quality Relationships

Relationships with Cooperation 166

Relationships with Respect 167

Relationships with Trust 168

Relationships with Playfulness 169

Part 4 Restoring Your Self-Confidence

Story 5 Learn How to Work with Confidence 172

1. Why Are You Unable to Feel Confident?

People Who Are Unable to Take a Step Forward Because They Lack Self-Confidence 186

What Happens When You Are Unable to Have Self-Confidence? 187

The Reason You Lose Self-Confidence 188

2. The Psychological Resources to Heighten Self-Confidence

Increasing Self-Efficacy 191

What Is Self-Efficacy? 191

Self-Efficacy and Resilience 192

3. How to Raise Your Self-Efficacy

Four Sources of Efficacy Beliefs 194

What You Need to Tie Accomplishments to Self-Efficacy 195

How to Handle Failure 197

Build up Small Achievements 198

Examples Increase Confidence 200

Encouragement Becomes the Source of Self-Confidence 202

Positive Attitudes Stimulate Self-Confidence 203

“Places” Where You Can Feel Positive 204

Self-Efficacy Can Help 206

Part 5 Putting Your Strengths to Good Use at Work

Story 6 What Is My Strength? 208

1. Putting Strengths to Good Use and Raising Resilience

What Is Strength? 220

Look for Strengths Rather Than Weak Points 221

Three Ways to Figure Out Your Strengths 222

2. What Is a Rewarding Job?

The Definition of Working with Resilience 225

Three Views on Work 226

Start with Putting Your Strengths to Good Use 228

Epilogue 2 Years Later 208

Conclusion 234

References 236 

Authors

Koji Kuze Keio University.