17 Nov Resilience: The Art of Bouncing Back
“Where there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable.” – Earl Nightingale.
Breakdowns are inevitable in a partnership, especially if there are big dreams, goals, and risks. In strong partnerships, partners may get upset, frustrated, or angry but they don’t succumb to negative thinking and pessimism. They don’t bring up the past; they learn to move on. They use life’s challenges as opportunities for learning, breakthrough, and recommittment to action.
Resilient partners learn to “right themselves and regain their footing.” Similar to the experience in piloting a small sailboat where capsizing is a constant companion, resilient partners simply figure out what to do to get the operation back in position after a project “capsizes.”
Wipeouts are inevitable. In victim partnerships, there is a focus on complaining, blaming, making excuses, or defending. Resilient partners, on the other hand, face the obstacle, clean up the mess, learn from their mistakes, are hard on the problem not each other, and then get back to what is important to them, They bounce back like super balls; They don’t stay down.
Bottom Line
- Learn to take disappointments in stride.
- Learn from your mistakes.
- Stay focused on your goals.
- Let adversity make your tougher.
- Bounce back, never give up.