Mike Carruthers:
How resilient
are you? Well first, let's define resilience. It's made up of
3 things.
Al Siebert:
To
cope with constant change, to hold up under pressure and to
deal with setbacks when they occur.
Al Siebert,
author of the book, The
Resiliency Advantage.
The people
who are best at it are people who are constantly curious about
life and about things happening. They are constantly reorienting
to new situations. They will seek out new information. They
keep a sense of humor and also then, when there is any kind
of a setback or adversity that comes their way, they're optimistic
that they have the ability to somehow deal with this and overcome
it.
As opposed
to people who are not so resilient.
We tend
to use the word "victim" reaction. Some people do
drift into the pattern of focusing backward on the pain in the
past. They blame other people. See, those are the 2 key things;
they focus backward on the past on their pain and they blame
other people for causing the pain they are experiencing.
In his
research, Al has found that resilient people tend to be more
effective and successful, and…
They are much more healthy than people who are less resilient.
When people are feeling anxious, helpless, worried, their immune
system is depressed and they get sick more often.
There
is a resiliency quiz at Al's website which you can link to from
ours, somethingyoushouldknow.net.
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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