One way of looking at resilience in the modern day is ‘advancing despite adversity’. Put simply, working towards your vision, being proactive and not waiting for adversity while tackling both large and small everyday challenges. It’s critical to work on your resilience when you’re good so that when something challenging pops up, you’re prepared. It might be the Scout Leader in me, but preparation is essential, always. The reason why resilience is essential is that it helps you to see challenges as opportunities. It drives you to commit and achieve goals. It reminds you to focus on what you can control and not blame others. And the added bonus and my personal favourite… it encourages positive thinking. To find out where you are on the resilience matrix, take a look at this free quiz: https://www.mindtools. com/pages/article/resilience-quiz. htm Self-awareness and emotional intelligence are crucial to know where you’re at to enhance your capabilities.
Some tweaks you can make to your day to day work life to build your resilience are: • Build positive relationships with those you work with. You don’t need to share your life story but participate in small talk, get to know those you work with, and gain insight into who your colleagues are. • Treat problems as a learning opportunity. Make a habit of catching yourself out when you’re in a negative mindset and turn it around. What did you learn from this situation? What can you do differently next time this happens? • Speak positively to yourself. Stamp out negative self-talk and recognise the fantastic person that you are. You are unique, and so are your talents and skills. Acknowledge that and celebrate your successes, even if it feels odd at first. • Keep a realistic perspective and think about the context of a particular challenge in the broader atmosphere of lifelong personal development and growth.
Always remember that you are amazing, and you are enough!
Nyree Johnson Nyree Johnson is a Business Owner and Manager, a Writer and an Ambassador for women in business and small business. Nyree also works as a Workforce Planning Advisor for an electricity distributor and is passionately committed to her family and her community through volunteer activities plus is a Scout Leader.
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With an intense focus on empowering those around her, supporting her community, and demonstrating the benefits of diversity and equality, Nyree works to instil and inspire confidence, promote resilience and enable success now and into the future. To connect with Nyree, find her social links on www.nyreejohnson. com.au
