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5 TIPS TO
BOOSTYOUR
RESILIENCE
BY JOAN WASHBURN
Resilience
is that indescribable
quality that allows some people
to be knocked down by life and
come back stronger than ever.
Think of your resilience capacity
like the amount of gas you have
in your car. The more you have,
the farther you can go. Building a
reservoir of emotional resilience
gives you the confidence to
know you can make it through a
potentially stressful situation; it
gives you the energy to continue
down the road after stress
drains you; and it gives you
the ability to quickly reset your
system to perform normally.
Here are 5 tips that help boost
your resilience:
1: Find Meaning in Adversity.
Resilient people understand
that pain, misfortune and failure
are not end points. Every pain
contains a lesson. Find a lesson
that makes you feel better and
align with it. The more you can
leverage life’s adversities as
opportunities to grow, the more
resilient you’ll be.
2: Build a Community of
Support.
Your closest friends, certain
co-workers, family members,
spiritual advisors and life
coaches can help you weather
any storm. These are your pillars
of strength. Don’t be afraid to
lean on them in times of trouble.
3: Focus on Gratitude.
When
adversity
strikes,
gratitude for the things that
are going right in your life helps
put tragedy in perspective
.
It
takes ‘training’ to see the glass
as half full, so begin your
training right now. What is
one thing are you grateful for
today?
4: Accept & Anticipate Change
It’s part of life, my friends.
And as humans, we are not
crazy about change. Take this
principal a step further and
also accept and anticipate pain,
misfortune and loss. Learn
how to cope effectively instead
of avoiding such experiences
and you’ll build up the very
important trait of resilience.
SOAR TO SUCCESS
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J
une
2016
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Personal Growth Strategies