Raise Your Resilience
An Old-Fashioned Notion
Resiliency. Perseverance. Grit.
In a constantly evolving economy that increasingly favors those with knowledge and access to the latest and greatest technologies, whether that be designing NFTs, trading or mining cryptocurrency, or other endeavors that can generate significant amounts of income more quickly than ever, the concept of becoming more resilient can seem downright quaint.
For too long resilience seems to have been defined fairly narrowly as the ability to bounce back after adversity or disappointment; being able to manage and adapt to sources of stress or adversity.
Perseverance tends to be associated with a steadfastness in mastering skills or completing a task; having a commitment to learning.
Grit is a more recently publicized attribute, highly researched and promoted by Angela Duckworth, and is defined as the tendency to sustain interest and effort towards long-term goals. It is associated with self-control and deferring short-term gratification.
But the truth of the matter is, here we are in a new year with a new COVID variant, tensions rising in the country and throughout the entire world, and uncertainty remains as rampant as ever.
