Have you found that listening to the news leaves you fearful and depressed? Does it leave you feeling unsettled, doubting your abilities, and the future? When times are tough, some businesses and relationships fail, while others take it as a challenge and continue to flourish and thrive.
What makes the difference? Some people are resilient. They can handle adversity well and use it to expand their options. Others often become overwhelmed with fear. When you are in fear, it limits your options.
Would you like to be more resilient? Here are three tips:
1. Look at the big picture. People who are resilient honor their strengths and remain positive. When you honor your higher intentions and strengths, you become more aligned with your spiritual resources. Then you are not as reactive to the immediate circumstances.
2. Look at the facts rather than shame or blame. If a problem arises, it may not be your fault. Research shows that those who see adverse events as resulting from a number factors and not blame themselves or others are more likely to see the adversity as temporary. This makes it easier to take action.
3. Discover your sources of community. We are all in this together. The combined concerted action of a small group in pursuing a common goal is empowering, even if it results from only the support of one person. A shared focus on using individual strengths in the service of the common good brings great personal gratification for everyone involved. It gives you the support and faith for finding a solution to the problem.
Everyone has strengths. Discovering these strengths helps you to stay on a more resilient track. By taking a broader perspective you may even be able to transform an adverse event into a learning experience that you can share with others.
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