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9 Habits of Resilient People
You are what you consciously do.
Who is the most resilient person, you know? What makes them so? Now, what do they do that makes them resilient?
Maybe you’ve been asked that first question before or asked yourself it. Perhaps you’ve answered it in quite a generic way. Most people I’ve posed that last question to reply in quite generic terms.
“Er, well, they just seem to be able to bounce back from stuff. They don’ let stuff bother them so much.”
“They are naturally optimistic, so it’s easier for them to bounce back; they are a real glass-half-full person.”
“They don’t seem to let failure bother them; it just kinda washes off them.”
What many of us don’t appreciate is the habits that resilient people have that help them be just that, resilient. Some of these are habits of thought; some are habits of action. Some may be automatic and innate, born our of their personality; some forged from conscious effort.
Whatever their origin, these are some of the habits that resilient people have.
Emotional Control
They make a habit of controlling their emotions. Our emotions can be both powerful allies or enemies. The difference is in the choice we make about if, when, and how to act on them.
