25 Things That Are Absolutely True About Resilience

from “How to Succeed in Work and Life”, an Inside Out Guide for Young Professionals

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  1. Resilience is built in — it is not something we need to find or discover, it is innate
  2. We were made to heal and time is our friend
  3. The amount of time it takes to heal is arbitrary and unpredictable and irrelevant
  4. If we don’t like the way we are feeling, just wait, it will pass
  5. There is something magical about letting yourself feel and not judging yourself for doing that
  6. When we don’t know, the possibilities are infinite
  7. We can trust the wisdom inside of us, it is connected to and comes from Universal Mind
  8. The current moment is just fine, perfect in fact
  9. Our feelings are a product of our thinking, not our circumstances, no exceptions
  10. Sometimes we are in a better state of mind and little or nothing can bother us and other times our state of mind is low and we can’t see as clearly — and that that is how life works
  11. Our moods and emotions can and do change on a dime
  12. There is a beautiful core of perfect inside of us that nothing ever can break
  13. The universe is made of an intelligent energy that is smarter than the space between our ears and we can trust that intelligence to bring wisdom and possibility
  14. Surrender is more powerful than control
  15. The world lives in cycles; up and down and back up again
  16. Our thinking is not telling us anything about the world, only about our state of mind
  17. We can wash our hands every morning and start over
  18. Life is neutral and then we add our stories — no exceptions
  19. A new minute will always show up and it will be different than the last minute
  20. The space of no thought feels like a warm bath
  21. All we need is hope, all we need is love, they are one and the same
  22. Possibility can show up in the blink of an eye, just as it always has before
  23. We don’t have to hold on to a habit of worry or upset
  24. We have a built-in guidance system that provides moment-to-moment decision making
  25. More often than not, disappointments and struggles, in hindsight, reveal themselves as opportunities

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Deborah Baron, I Coach Emerging Leaders
Less Stress More Success

I coach and mentor young professionals and emerging leaders to find their confidence and competence so they can step into their full potential.