#resiliience

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Resilience Is About Recharging, Not Endurance - Harvard Business Review - Pocket

As constant travelers and parents of a 2-year-old, we sometimes fantasize about how much work we can do when one of us gets on a plane, undistracted by phones, friends, and Finding Nemo.

"Research has found that there is a direct correlation between lack of recovery and increased incidence of health and safety problems. And lack of recovery — whether by disrupting sleep with thoughts of work or having continuous cognitive arousal by watching our phones — is costing our companies $62 billion a year (that’s billion, not million) in lost productivity."

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"Resilient"

Define yourself with regularity. It is essential for a healthy mind to take note of where one stands in life. However, the best definitions of yourself do not come from your strengths. Rather, tell yourself about each of your weaknesses, other people will tell you your strengths. That is the beauty of a confession because it allows you to focus on what you need to do, rather than what you think you are. You are what you do; that is, your actions show the values of your life. You've got to learn to find the strengths in your weaknesses and then you’ve got to exploit them regularly like it is your job. Make a list of them, not as things that need to be changed, but more like things that need to be done. It is a checklist of sorts, and you can find comfort in the pessimism. A true pessimist sees what could go wrong, admits that it is possible, plans for the worst, and lives in the best.

Be who you are, all of it. Don’t forget your flaws, they are what make you beautiful.