Quotes About Resilience

within a couple of weeks even earthquake survivors return to their normal level of unfounded optimism.

emotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental emotional intelligence: being able to shake off a bad mood

People's beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. Ability is not a fixed property; there is a huge variability in how you perform. People who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from failures; they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying about what can go wrong.

goal-directed self-imposed delay of gratification" is perhaps the essence of emotional self-regulation: the ability to deny impulse in the service of a goal, whether it be building a business, solving an algebraic equation, or pursuing the Stanley Cup. His finding underscores the role of emotional intelligence as a meta-ability, determining how well or how poorly people are able to use their other mental capacities.

Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don't feel that way, but the payoff is better if we don't pretend when we feel weak or scared so that we allow people to show the kindness that's in them

no matter what happens to our bodies o our minds, our souls remain whole.

Like Pi, we all have tigers within us. Lil demons which are a part of us. If you can't run away from them, welcome them, feed them and listen to what they will have to say. There is really not a whole lot to be afraid of.

I hope you will not listen to people who try to talk you out of your pain or show you ways to fix it. Because if your try too hard to fix pain, it only takes longer to heal.

that's not how wounds heal. They don't obey our wishes. Healing takes place in its own way and in its own time.

It's very difficult to give up on things we can't control. And that's what a divorce represents. It represents the ultimate loss of control, a marriage and a mate we can't control. And if we give up on the mate and the marriage, by acknowledging that loss, we can free ourselves of the anger and resentment - and that will liberate our children. Finally, children are not affected by our grief and mourning. They are affected by our inability to grieve and mourn.

change is inevitable, and when it happens, the wisest response is not to wail or whine but to suck it up and deal with

Breaks are not a sign of sloth but a sign of strength

Today, the defining skills of the previous era—the "left brain" capabilities that powered the Information Age—are necessary but no longer sufficient. And the capabilities we once disdained or thought frivolous—the "right-brain" qualities of inventiveness, empathy, joyfulness, and meaning—increasingly will determine who flourishes and who flounders.

innovation and creativity are greatest when we are not at our best

A world of flat organizations and tumultuous business conditions—and that's our world—punishes fixed skills and prizes elastic ones.

I used to believe that the best way to overcome a bad start at work, at school, or at home was to shake it off and move on. Now I believe the better approach is to start again or start together.

Instead of swirling downward into frustration, "Yes and" spirals upward toward possibility. When you stop you've got a set of options, not a sense of futility.

This is one of the central findings on regret: it can deepen persistence, which almost always elevates performance.

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success BY CAROL DWECK

How to stay afloat amid that ocean of rejection is the second essential quality in moving others. I call this quality "buoyancy.

As they explained, "Whereas the importance of working harder is easily apprehended, the importance of working longer without switching objectives may be less perceptible . . . in every field, grit may be as essential as talent to high accomplishment."14

Kemampuan terbaik saya adalah ketika saya tidak bisa melakukan sesuatu. Saya telah mengembangkan kemampuan untuk merasa kuat dan percaya diri dalam situasi-situasi ini. Saya merasa bebas untuk bergerak, mendengarkan nurani saya, belajar, bertindak, bahkan jika itu berarti saya akan melakukan kesalahan. Jika Anda menginginkan hidup yang kreatif, lakukan apa yang tidak bisa Anda lakukan dan resapi keindahan dari kesahalan-kesalahan yang Anda buat.

They're working hard and persisting through difficulties because of their internal desire to control their lives, learn about their world, and accomplish something that endures.

The more you explain bad events as temporary, specific, and external, the more likely you are to persist even in the face of adversity.