Building Resilience: Overcoming Adversity and Finding Joy

The podcast episode features an interview with Facebook COO Cheryl Sandberg and Wharton professor Adam Grant, discussing their book Option B, which explores resilience in the face of adversity. Sandberg shares her personal experience of losing her husband and how that led to her interest in researching resilience. The authors emphasize that resilience is not fixed, but can be developed and strengthened. Sandberg highlights the importance of support and empathy from colleagues and offers insights on how leaders can create an environment that fosters resilience in their teams. They also discuss post-traumatic growth, finding meaning in difficult experiences, and the role of humor and learning from failure in resilience.