ADVERSITY QUOTIENT

A New Breakthrough Towards Your Life Success

Khaled Bekhet

IQ = Intelligence Quotient

EQ = Emotional Quotient

AQ =

ADVERSITY QUOTIENT

Adversity Quotient (AQ)

My thoughts are guided by, Dr. Paul G. Stoltz, The founder of AQ

What is adversity?

What is adversity?

When things do not go the way you want them to.

Answer out loud: Are things becoming…

Predictable or uncertain? Organized or chaotic? Faster or slower? Easier or tougher? Simpler or more complex? More or less demanding?

WHAT IS EMPOWERMENT?

Its about being

WillingAbleand

Allowed

What is AQ• AQ is about how you respond to life, esp. the

tough stuff• A gauge or measure of how you respond &

deal with everything, from everyday hassles to the big adversities that life can spring on you

• An established science, theory, and approach

for becoming measurably more resilient.• The more resilient you are, the more effectively

& constructively you respond to….

Success Begins With Resiliency

What is resiliency?What is resiliency?

RESILIENCY1. The power or ability to return to

the original form or position after being bent, stretched, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.

2. The ability to recover readily from adversity, illness, or the like.

QUITTERS

CAMPERS

CLIMBERS

Core Human Drive: TO ASCEND

WHY MAY INOT BE WILLING TO

CLIMB?

• Blame circumstancesfor their lot in life

• Ignore their full potential

• Are bitter and disappointed

• Do just enough to get by

• Take few risks• Are resentful of

those who ascend

QUITTERS

•Only achieve partial success•They live compromised lives•They fall short of their true ability•They dedicate energy and resources to maintain the status quo

CAMPERS

CLIM

BER

S Have a strongfaith in

somethingbigger than

themselves

Regardless ofbackground, advantages,

good fortune, misfortune….

They continue to climb

SOMETIMES…..

They grow wearyThey have doubtsThey feel lonely

and bruisedThey question their struggle

They recognisethat even

small stepspay dividends

ONLY CLIMBERS LIVE LIFE

TO THE FULL!!

Direct link betweenhow one responds toadversity & mental& physical health

Brain is ideallyequipped to formhabits- Habits can be instantlyinterrupted & changed

We respond to adversity insubconscious, consistentpatterns- If unchecked, these patterns remainstable over one’s entire life

CONTROLCONTROLC

O

R

E

OWNERSHIP

REACH

ENDURANCE

The CORE of AQ

THE TOOLS CORE Questions• CONTROL: The extent to which

someoneperceives they can influence whatever

happens next

• OWNERSHIP: The likelihood that someone will actually do anything to improve the situation, regardless of their formal responsibilities?

• CONTROL: The extent to which someone

perceives they can influence whatever happens next

• OWNERSHIP: The likelihood that someone will actually do anything to improve the situation, regardless of their formal responsibilities?

THE TOOLS CORE Questions• REACH: The extent to which

someone perceives an adversity will “reach

into” and affect other aspects of the situation or beyond.

• ENDURANCE: The length of time theindividual perceives the situation /

adversity will last, or endure.

• REACH: The extent to which someone

perceives an adversity will “reach into” and affect other aspects of the situation or beyond.

• ENDURANCE: The length of time theindividual perceives the situation /

adversity will last, or endure.

The LEAD Sequence

What are you going to do differently, from today – to start being a climber?

Thank you to Dr. Stoltz who taught me the meaning of how to climb and who let me use some of

hiswonderful notes in his books.

Thanks also goes to those people in the photos .Some of the other photographs I have used I found

through Google Images and I hope that the owners will see how beautifully they illustrate my

points. They have not been used in any way for commercial gain.

Khaled Bekhet, May, 2013