"A new approach to resilience blending Kisner's Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and his journey through a heart transplant. Readers learn how to build resilience through life's setbacks." Eric Koester

How do you build resilience? By overcoming challenges that builds inner strength. Have you experienced insurmountable challenges in your life? Through Refuse to Surrender, J. Willard Kisner shares his life story and the story of his heart transplant and many unbeatable challenges. And while his story is unique to him, there are nuggets that apply to all of us. Through his retelling, you will see how his resilience through uncertainty, upheaval, and life-changing events helped him to "build muscle" in resilience-even as a premature infant.

He shares his experiences with you as a means of helping you to draw parallels with his story and build your own resilience. We all have challenges in our lives, but only through those challenges do we learn "resilience." Join J. Willard Kisner as he tells his story of resilience through challenges and a heart transplant.

This must-read book is for anyone striving to succeed and determined to build resilience. J. Willard Kisner shows anyone stuck on hopelessness to build the muscle of resilience. Refuse to Surrender demonstrates resilience while facing a crisis, a life changing event that seems insurmountable-this book is a must read.

Resilience; Leadership; Endurance; Sense of purpose; Hope; Cardiac; Transplant