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AQDr. Paul G. Stoltz , originator of Adversity Quotient® (AQ®), has written three bestselling books on the topic.


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The Adversity Advantage

By Paul G. Stoltz and Erik Weihenmayer (Fireside, a division of Simon & Schuster, 2008)

Leading Adversity Quotient (AQ®) expert Paul G. Stoltz, Ph.D., and world-class blind athlete Erik Weihenmayer team up to take you on a climb up the Seven Summits. The Adversity Advantage blends Stoltz’s proven leadership techniques and groundbreaking research with Erik’s soul-stirring real-world anecdotes and wisdom. The Adversity Advantage offers practical tools that teach you how to use adversity as a force for superior achievement, resilience, agility, innovation, energy, and happiness. Learn to bring out your best when you need it most, under pressure. Click here to learn more.

Adversity Quotient @ Work

By Paul G. Stoltz, Ph.D. (Morrow, 2000, 2001)

The perfect guidebook for workplace applications, Adversity Quotient @ Work introduces a greatly expanded menu of AQ-related discoveries, tools, and applications. It describes new approaches to using AQ for hiring, coaching, managing culture change, and expanding capacity. This book is featured in many of the world’s top media and is now available in hardcover or audiocassette.

Adversity Quotient: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities

By Paul G. Stoltz, Ph.D. (Wiley, 1997)

Selected as “one of the top 30 books of the year” by USA Today, this book introduces Adversity Quotient® (AQ®) theory, measurements, and tools through simple language and real-world examples. This Business Week, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon.com bestseller is printed in nine languages. It is available in paperback.