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The Power to Persist: 8 Simple Habits to Build Lifelong Resilience by Lamell McMorris is a powerful guide to overcoming adversity and unlocking personal potential through eight transformative habits. Drawing from his own journey growing up in a violence-stricken Chicago neighborhood, McMorris shares the tools that helped him rise to national prominence as a policy advisor, entrepreneur, and advocate. With chapters on attitude, agility, faith, and more, this book distills the keys to lifelong resilience into practical, actionable insights. Whether you're facing career challenges, personal struggles, or simply seeking growth, this book offers a blueprint for bouncing back stronger and achieving lasting success.
Author Lamell McMorris has a great tone that’s packed with enthusiasm, but it’s also strong and realistic, totally in keeping with this practical and motivating guidebook grounded in lived experience and real-world leadership. This is a voice that’s seen it and done it all, and comes across like that of a wise mentor with empowering and relatable wisdom to impart. The organization of the book also builds on your learning in an easy-to-understand way, making his lessons easy to apply immediately, but also useful to build on and return to as you develop your own skills in your chosen field. Whatever your challenge in life, the lessons can be adapted to personal and career goals with actionable strategies that help you grow skills that transfer into every facet of your life. This is a book I’ll be hanging onto and referring to whenever a new and seemingly tough challenge pops up in my life, and I’m sure there will be many others who do the same. Overall, The Power to Persist: 8 Simple Habits to Build Lifelong Resilience is highly recommended as a valuable resource for readers seeking resilience, clarity, and long-term success in any field.
