Bend. Learn. Recover. Keep going.
The Edventure Truth: “Resilience isn’t never being knocked down. It’s refusing to let being down become where you stay.“
Things will go wrong.
You’ll fail at something you cared about. Get rejected. Lose confidence. Make mistakes. Face circumstances you didn’t choose.
Resilience isn’t pretending those things don’t hurt and it isn’t endlessly pushing through when you need to stop, recover or ask for help.
It’s developing the capacity to respond, recover, learn and move forward.
Resilience is something that can be developed rather than simply possessed, we need to place great importance on accepting challenges, drawing on support and learning from adversity.
This element’s Challenge Card…
Test yourself, test those around you…
If you liked this, you’ll love these elements too:
- Reflective & Reflexive: Don’t just survive difficult experiences; collect the learning from them.
- Conscious Connections: Resilience isn’t a solo pursuit. Know who you can turn to.
- Pragmatically Optimistic: Face difficult realities while maintaining belief that things can improve.
Look out for these elements dropping soon.
Until then #BeEdventurous