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The book that shows us how to maintain our courage in life even in difficult times.

Why didn’t Stephen Hawking despair over his paralysis? What helps to maintain hope in the face of cancer or a pandemic like the Corona crisis? And how do we keep our courage when the world is changing radically and we often can only find reasons for hopelessness? Ulrich Schnabel tells the stories of people who did not lose their courage to live even under the most challenging external conditions; he interviews psychologists, sociologists, politicians, and philosophers about their insights and recipes, and shares numerous stories about the art of finding the right inner attitude even in unpleasant, gloomy, or seemingly hopeless situations. This is not about naive hope that everything will somehow turn out well in the end; this book is also not a guide to positive thinking or a recommendation for unwavering optimism, which suggests that there are no crises and never half-empty glasses, only opportunities and half-full glasses. It is not about looking through rose-colored glasses, but about a kind of confidence that does not delude itself about the seriousness of the situation – and yet enables us to defy fear and make use of the opportunities that arise.