The 3 Core Components Of An Effective Resilience Strategy
What is a Resilience Strategy?
A resilience strategy is a long-term plan designed to help us get back on our feet and grow from our experiences. I call this ‘bouncing forward’ instead of bouncing back because we want to learn and grow from our experiences, and not go back to our old selves.
Why Is A Resilience Strategy Important?
Helps us navigate the challenges, adversity, and stress we encounter as we get back on our feet and start moving forward.
Assists in the efficient navigation of our journey by providing a well-defined sense of direction and a realistic roadmap for achieving goals,
Ensures that our efforts are moving us forward,
Minimizes the time we spend wandering aimlessly, wasting time and energy on efforts that provide zero value,
Cultivates a sense of grounding, calm, hope, empowerment, and achievement.
Allows us to communicate our goals to our support system efficiently.
The 3 Core Components of An Effective Resilience Strategy:
The three main components of an effective resilience strategy are:
Ownership
Mindset
Action plan
Ownership:
Taking ownership means taking personal responsibility. This component of our strategy requires us to stop placing the blame for our “bad break” on others. If you are anything like me, this part of the process is challenging. I spent many years feeling very angry and victimized by my injury. It took me a long time to realize that being angry about my situation would not make it go away. Someone else may have caused my situation, but that does not mean someone else can fix my circumstances. I finally realized that I was the one that needed to figure out how to play the hand I was dealt and that it was possible to play my hand to win. I just had to play it smart! Taking ownership is very empowering. It allowed me to focus on finding solutions for myself rather than wasting so much energy on blaming someone else.
Mindset:
If you don’t believe, you will not succeed! This is a straightforward concept. It is so essential that we continuously work on our mindset and general attitude. It is really easy to start feeling hopeless and want to give up. Working on our mindset and finding ways to reframe our situations can provide a catalyst for resiliency. Reframing our challenges is not the same as toxic positivity! Reframing means being open to viewing our challenges from a different perspective. Before we can navigate our lives to new heights, we must believe it can be done!
Action Plan:
An action plan will require you to clearly define your challenges and the results you are trying to achieve. This clarification will determine the gap between where you are and where you want to be. From there, you can begin to develop specific action steps to help you identify how you need to move forward. Your action plan should document any resources necessary to achieve your desired results. This step of your resiliency strategy will mean the difference between remaining in your current state and bouncing forward.
Action:
Take a moment to observe your current situation and identify where you are in relation to where you want to be. Do you have a Resilience Strategy in place? If you do, that’s great! Now, write it down and get to work! If you don’t, take some time to start putting one together. Identify the components of the strategy (mindset, ownership, action plan) you need to work on and get started!
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