Four Simple Steps to Personal Resilience

Resilience is the ability to respond to high levels of change while maintaining personal resourcefulness.  The word conjures up images of flexibility, of being able to ‘bounce back’ from adversity, of being able to handle stressful situations with ease.  Are you wondering, how you can achieve that in a “S.N.A.P.”? 

Imagine you are in a stressful situation (say, giving a presentation to a challenging client)…now follow this model:

S – See Yourself

Begin by visualizing yourself as the resourceful, resilient person you would like to be in that situation.  How do you look?  What are you doing?  

N – Navigate a path

As you picture your resourceful, resilient self; what are you thinking about yourself, about others, about your role? How does having positive, affirming thoughts about yourself, others, and your role impact how you feel?

A – Assume Control

You know there is only one thing in this world that you completely control – yourself!  So, assume control over your experience and decide to believe the beliefs that support success, decide to behave as though those beliefs are true, and notice the different results you experience!  As you begin to behave differently, others respond to your behaviour and they start to behave differently, you begin to feel differently and then you continue to behave differently, and so on and so on and so on (ever heard of a self-fulfilling prophecy!).

P – Press On

Remember that replacing old, potentially limiting beliefs with new, enabling beliefs can take time … you need to persist in order to achieve the success you desire.

It really can be a S.N.A.P.!