Tip 21 - How to build resilience to attain more success
Resilience is the ability to suffer hardship and not falter. It is one of the most important determinants of whether we succeed or fail in achieving our goals.
Resilience is needed in any change process to combat setbacks and challenges, particularly when changing our behaviour.
According to an article in The Harvard Business Review (May 2002) ‘How Resilience Works’ there is evidence showing that resilience can be learned.
Resilient people possess three characteristics ...
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Quote of the week:
”Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall”
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly then, to everyone's amazement he quietened down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.
Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
However ...
The donkey later came back, and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him. The gash from the bite got infected and the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.
Moral from the story
When you do something wrong, and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you.
Humour: Getting out of a hole
