Have you ever noticed how some people get knocked down by life and never really recover, while other people get knocked down and come back stronger than ever. The difference between the two? Resilience.
People who are resilient learn from their failings. They find ways to rise from the ashes of failure and they don’t let it drain their resolve. But what actually constitutes resilience and what factors can we work on to develop it?
Positive Attitude
People with a positive attitude always see the bright side of life. They seem able to cope with every aspect of their daily lives. Having a positive view allows them to be brighter, happier and develop a belief that good things will happen. Positive people have a “can do” attitude.
Optimism
Optimistic people engage in positive thinking. However difficult the current situation might appear, optimists believe that things will eventually work out well for them.
Regulating Emotions
People who are able to regulate their emotions have an ability of modulate their emotional reactions. The term implies the existence of two phenomena. The first is the process of generating emotions, the second involves the management (or mismanagement) of the emotion that has been generated. Some individuals seem to use this process as a way of steering a steady course through life, neither getting too emotional nor showing no emotion at all.
Seeing Failure as a form of Feedback
Can you see your failings clearly? Can you learn from them, maybe even laugh at them? Can you leave behind past attitudes and beliefs, take risks and feel free to explore areas of life that you really want to? People who see failure as a learning experience can.
Even after difficult and challenging life events, people who work on these attributes are able to dust themselves down and soldier on. So remember, success is not final and failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue in the face of adversity that makes people resilient.
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