Lisson - Resilience Navigating Life, Loss, and the Road to Success

LISA LISSON is the president of FedEx Express Canada. She has been awarded a Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her achievements and was inducted into the Womens Executive Network Top 100 Hall of Fame in 2015. She lives in Burlington, Ontario.

Copyright Lisa Lisson, 2017

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To the best of her abilities, the author has related experiences, places, people, and organizations from his memories of them. In order to protect the privacy of others, he has, in some instances, changed the names of certain people and details of events and places.

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION

Lisson, Lisa, author
Resilience : navigating life, loss and the road to success / Lisa Lisson.

ISSUED IN PRINT AND ELECTRONIC FORMATS.

ISBN 978-1-77041-398-6 (hardcover)
ALSO ISSUED AS: 978-1-77305-097-3 (PDF)
978-1-77305-098-0 (ePUB)

1. Lisson, Lisa. 2. Success in business. 3. Work-life balance. 4. Resilience (Personality trait). 5. Loss (Psychology). I. Title.

HF5386.L585 2017 650.1 C2017-902401-9 C2017-902980-0

Cover design: Tania Craan
Unless otherwise noted, all photos are from the authors personal collection.

The publication of Resilience has been generously supported by the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund. Ce livre est financ en partie par le gouvernement du Canada. We also acknowledge the contribution of the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.

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Resilience is that ineffable quality that allows some people to be knocked down by life and come back stronger than ever.

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

Patrick and I throughout the years from high school to our wedding day, January 22, 1994.

Patrick and our girls, Hailey, Chloe, and Mya.

Patrick and Jack in May 2007.

Hailey, Chloe, Mya and Jack in May 2007 at my cousin Libbys wedding in Mexico. Patrick had his heart attack three months later.