Building personal resilience

随着时间的推移，能够有效拥抱变化的人依靠的是他们的韧性。

这指的是一种面对挑战时的总体韧性和迅速恢复的能力。

好消息是，任何人只要愿意，都可以培养自己的韧性。

每天从选择从积极的角度看待所发生的一切开始。

面对困难，你必须选择变得更好，而不是痛苦。

我的建议是，每次清晨醒来，都把这个选择作为你日常工作的一部分。

选择积极对心理有真正的好处。

它有助于决策，并能抵御无益的消极观点。

也许你不可能在所有时间里都保持积极的心态，但当你每天都这样选择时，你的胜算肯定会提高。

下一个策略是拥抱多重身份。

要想最大限度地提高心理健康水平，增强抗压能力，你必须超越自己的职业身份。

即使你热爱自己的工作，也不要把自己看得太狭隘。

拥有强大心理复原力的健康人，除了职业身份之外，还有两个或更多积极的身份。

这可能包括父母、志愿者，也可能是篮球教练，谁知道呢。

要知道，当你拥有多重身份时，任何一个身份受到威胁，对你的整体伤害都会减少。

培养抗压能力的另一个经典窍门是数福。

这并不神秘。

定期停下来，反思一下你生活中幸运的许多具体事情。

这可以很简单，就像提醒自己有一个体面的住处，有你非常重视的朋友和家人。

当你记得心存感激时，就会把你的思想推向积极的一面，让你开始以更有成效的眼光看待眼前的挑战。

好了，建立复原力的最后一个关键策略就是要记得照顾好自己。

你是一台复杂的机器，需要不时地进行维护，才能发挥出巅峰状态。

如何保养自己因人而异，但有一点是明确的：大多数成功人士并不是 100% 的时间都在工作。

他们会花时间投资于自己的精神和体力。

他们可能会通过饮食、锻炼和白天休息来关注健康。

或者，他们可能会记得偶尔奖励自己一下，比如看场电影、与老朋友聊聊天，或者去度一个来之不易的假期。

这就是你的任务，现在就拿出你的日历，写下一件或多件你今天要开始做的具体事情，以帮助保持和增强你的复原力。

Over time, people who embrace change effectively rely on their resilience.

That refers to a general toughness and an ability to recover quickly in the face of challenges.

Good news, anyone who wants to, can build their resilience.

It starts everyday with the choice to view whatever happens from a positive perspective.

In the face of difficulties, you must make the choice to be better, not bitter.

My advice is to make this choice part of your early morning routine every single time you wake up.

Choosing to be positive has real mental benefits.

It aids decision making and wards off unproductive negative perspectives.

It might be impossible to be positive 100% of the time but when you make it a daily choice, your odds definitely improve.

Your next strategy involves embracing multiple identities.

To maximize your mental health and build resiliency you must be bigger than only your professional identity.

Even if you love what you do, don't think of yourself so narrowly.

Healthy people with strong mental resilience have two or more positive identities in addition to their professional identity.

This might include parent, volunteer, or maybe basketball coach, who knows.

Just know that when you have multiple identities, a threat to any one of them hurts you less overall.

Another classic tip for building resilience is counting your blessings.

There's no mystery here.

Periodically stop and reflect on the many specific things you're lucky to have in your life.

It can be as simple as reminding yourself that you have a decent place to live and friends and family you seriously value.

When you remember to be grateful that pushes your thoughts towards a positive place and allows you to begin seeing the challenges in front of you in a more productive light.

Okay, the last key tactic for building resiliency is to remember to take care of you.

You're a complex machine that needs occasional maintenance in order to perform at your peak.

How you take care of yourself does vary across people, but this much is clear; most successful people do not work 100% of the time.

They take time to invest in their mental and physical strength.

They might focus on health with diet and exercise and by taking breaks during the day.

Or it might be remembering to reward themselves once in a while by seeing a movie, connecting with an old friend, or taking that well earned vacation.

Here's your task, get out your calendar right now and write down one or more specific things you'll start doing today to help maintain and build your resilience.