At the beginning of a new year, it is customary for people to set goals to work towards and make resolutions about changes they would like to implement over the coming year. According to the New York Post article, “The average American abandons their New Year’s resolution by this date”:
“A new poll of 2,000 Americans found that it takes just 32 days for the average person to finally break their resolution(s) — but 68% report giving up their resolutions even sooner than that.”
If you are in the smaller percentage of people who set goals and make resolutions and actually see them through to fruition, I commend you. Well done!
For the rest of us, there has got to be a better way and there is.
Instead of trying to make surface-level changes and mental health that can produce a ripple effect with the potential to transform several areas of your life?
One such skill is resilience.
Contrary to what you may have heard, resilience is not a trait that you are either born with or without. It’s a set of behaviors, thoughts, and actions that can be learned and developed satisfaction to relationships and careers.
Resilience is the process of adapting to or the ability to recover from adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress, such as family or relationship problems, serious health challenges, or workplace and financial issues.
Essentially, it’s “bouncing back” from life’s difficulties.
Being resilient doesn’t mean that you don’t experience hard times. Quite the opposite. In fact, intense emotional pain, extreme trauma, and severe adversity are common in people who are considered resilient. The road to
resilience most often involves considerable hardship. That’s how these people get resilient. Their brains learn it. A resilient brain even has physical differences.
Published in the Industry Expert Magazine
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