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Dr. Stoltz is president and CEO of PEAK Learning, Inc., a consulting and research firm in San Luis Obispo, CA.
"An adversity quotient is a person's ability to manage difficulties and transform obstacles into
opportunities."
(Hurlock, 2000 as cited in Safi'i, Muttaqin, Sukino, Hamzah, Chotimah, Junaris and Rifa'i, 2021)
It is one of the four main intelligence types, the other three being Intelligence Quotient (IQ),
Emotional Quotient (EQ), and Social Quotient (SQ).
Safi'i, A., Muttaqin, I., Sukino, Hamzah, N., Chotimah, C., Junaris, I., & Rifa'i, M. K. (2021). The effect of the adversity quotient on student performance, student learning autonomy and student achievement in the COVID-19 pandemic era: evidence from Indonesia. Heliyon, 7(12), e08510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08510
Stoltz, P. (2001, February). Article 517- Your Adversity Quotient. Winston J. Brill & Associates. Retrieved August 6, 2022, from http://www.winstonbrill.com/bril001/html/article_index/articles/501-550/article517_body.html