As we age, we are usually confronted with an increase in difficult life developments, often health related, with which we must respond. These are often situations that confront us as individuals and situations that impact people we know and love that can be frustrating and depressing. For that reason, this third chapter provides information that helps individuals OF ANY AGE, since resilience is a key attribute for anybody to develop, identify how resilient you are and how you can improve your ability to respond positively to setbacks at any stage of your life.
12 QUALITIES OF HIGHLY RESILIENT PEOPLE
Rate each of the qualities that follow on a scale of 1 (Definitely NOT a quality I demonstrate often) to 10 (Definitely IS a very strong quality I demonstrate often)
Playful, childlike curiosity_____
Constantly learn from experience_____
Adapt quickly_____
Have solid esteem & self-confidence_____
Have good friendships, loving relationships_____
Express feelings honestly_____
Expect things to work out well_____
Read others with empathy_____
Use intuition, creative hunches_____
Defend self well_____
Have a talent for serendipity (when good things happen by accident) _____
Get better and better every decade_____
From: The Resiliency Advantage: Master Change, Thrive Under Pressure, and Bounce Back from Setbacks, Al Siebert, PhD – https://lnkd.in/eEFA_wEP
Dr. Al Siebert is an acknowledged expert regarding the science of resilience – “The ability to bounce back from life developments that may feel totally overwhelming at first.”
I strongly encourage you to do two things. Complete the self-assessment above, and then go on his website to take the free and confidential resilience quiz that is located there. What they do is give you your resilience score and discuss on the site what you might do to increase your resiliency if you so choose.
A PLANNING GUIDE EXERCISE: Look over your answers above and from the quiz on Dr. Siebert’s website and reflect on how resilient a person you believe you. Write down your thoughts regarding how resilient you have been in your life to date.
I will continue in the next post tomorrow with chapter 4, THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A BRAIN AND BODY HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
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