Category: Knowing self

How to Build Resilience, 10 smartest and practical ways

In the current pandemic situation, it is very important for all of us to build resilience. Let us understand 10 practical ways to build resilience.

In my previous post Understand resilience, its attributes and your own score, we have understood what resilience means and what are the attributes of resilient people. Now, In this post we will learn how to build resilience.

So today we will discuss some simple, smart and practical ways in which each one of us can build and improve resilience. As we all know resilience is very important in tough situation like this pandemic.

10 ways to build Resilience:

1. Make and nurture good relationship:

Good relationships with close family members, friends or others are important. Accepting help and support from those who care about you and will listen to you strengthens resilience. Moreover, this gives a sense of feeling that we have people whom we can discuss our problems.

2. Do not see crisis as undefeatable problems:

You cannot change the fact that highly stressful events happen. However, you can change how you interpret and respond to these events. Try looking beyond the present to how future circumstances may be a little better.
In addition, note down any subtle ways in which you might already feel somewhat better as you deal with difficult situations.

3. Take crucial actions:

Act on adverse situations as much as you can. Take decisive actions, rather than detaching completely from problems and stresses and wishing they would just go away. So, you need to remeber this

Always remember, the outside environment is same for all, what makes us different is what lies inside us.

4. Keep things in perspective:

Even when facing very painful events, try to consider the stressful situation in a broader context and keep a long-term perspective. Avoid blowing the event out of proportion.

5. Attitude of Gratitude to build Resilience:

Always count your blessings rather than focusing on your difficulties. Moreover, you have survived and thrived till now, you will survive this also. Try to see what all things and people you have in this difficult situation and be grateful of those.

Gratitude plays significant role in building resilience, Therefore you might wish to understand more on gratitude, these two posts will help you.

Gratitude Meaning
Analysis of Gratitude in our Life

6. Focus on Building Physical Hardiness.

What kind of small changes can you invest in to improve your health? (Better sleep, better nutrition, hydration, exercise, etc.)

Moreover list one small change you can make now and do that consistently and you will see improvement in your life.

7. Identify and Use Your Strengths:

Describe a time when you were able to overcome or handle a major challenge in life.

What did you learn about yourself?
What personal strengths did you draw upon?

Moreover, focusing on the strengths gives you power. And remembering a situation which you conquered last time helps you in improving your resilience and give you strength to fight the current situation.

8. Build Goals to Build Resilience:

Having a sense of where you are going in life is important. Therefore, set some realistic Goals and regularly work towards them. Setback will happen but resilient people keep the destination in mind and always work toward reaching the destination.

Learn how to set Goals

9. Look for opportunities to know yourself:

Engage in new things and actively look for new opportunities that put you out of your professional and personal comfort zone. These experiences help people learn about themselves and in addition will surely provide a feeling of growth and achievement.

Ways to unleash your hidden potentials

10. Take care of Yourself:

Pay attention to your own needs and feelings. In addition, engage in activities that you enjoy and find relaxing. Exercise regularly. Taking care of yourself helps to keep your mind and body informed to deal with situations that require resilience.

Key Takeaways on how to build Resilience:

One should have people with whom you can share yourself and take guidance. Apart from good relationship one should have capacity to take some decisive actions in time. A sense of Gratitude is very important in building resilience, as until we become happy and grateful for things and people we have we cannot build resilience to fight the situation.

Last but not the least, One need to take utmost care of himself/herself and focus on developing some key skills and try to figure out the opportunity in disguise.

10 practical ways to build resilience in current pandemic situation

The Art of questioning, master this art for successful life

A child ask so many questions in a day, and that is how a child learns. We all should learn the Art of Questioning from a child. We learn from asking only.

It has happened n number of times to me in the past. My brain has had a question, but I have always stopped it from slipping out, thinking I would make a fool out of myself. Only later would I realize that somebody else asked a similar question. And were applauded for asking such a great question! Do you relate to this situation. Then you need to understand the art of questioning.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge. Thomas Berger

What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language. — Jane Goodall

Interesting fact on art of questioning:

At the age of four, children ask over 400 questions a day. Between the ages of two and five, the average child will have asked about 40,000 “why” questions, simply because they do not know.
As we age, apparently we do. By the time, we reach 44, adults only ask around six questions/day, mainly because we think either we know or are afraid of admitting that we do not.

Some one liners on Art of questioning:

  • Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why. And rest is the history.
  • We don’t know what we don’t know, and won’t know unless we ask questions.
  • The people who do not ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
  • It is fine to be a fool for a minute by asking a question then to be a fool for life time by not asking.
  • Knowing the answers will help you in school. Knowing how to question will help you in life.

Now we have understood the importance of asking questions let us discuss the few wonderful benefits of asking questions

Benefits of asking question:

  1. We learn about life:
    We all see a child asking so many questions in a day that is how a child learns about everything. This is the best method for learning, which we all stop applying when we grow up.
  2. It will keep you humble:
    It reminds you that you do not know everything, and that is perfectly fine. As there are gaps in your knowledge, which you are filling up.
  3. It improves quality of our life:
    The quality of our lives is directly related to the quality of our thinking. “The quality of our thinking, in turn, is determined by the quality of our questions.
  4. It also prevents self-satisfaction:
    It signals a thirst for new data and an unwillingness to be content with the current status quo.
  5. Questioning makes you more open:
    Your mind start working logically and it gives information already stored in the brain once you start asking questions.
  6. You understand people better:
    Most people love to answer questions about themselves.  We’re all hungry to be understood, not just because we want to get our way but because we want to feel important. 
  7. It improves your decision-making ability:
    as asking questions will give you all types of perspective for the situation in hand.
  8. It will give you happiness:
    as asking right and logical question will make you happy and satisfied.

Analysis so far:

So now you must be thinking that I will give you some tips for asking wonderful questions or to improve your art of questioning. NO, I am not going to give you any such tips as I believe there are no tips as such.
There cannot be a short cut for practice and perseverance. So to ask wonderful questions we need to practice asking questions. and with continuous practice and habit of asking questions we will improve the quality of our questions.

In the next post we will analyze why people do not ask questions, what are the reasons and the possible solutions.

Till then you can check my list of questions to ask yourself to know the progress of your life

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Remember these powerful words, if you want to master Art of questioning.
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Life changing advice by Quotes – Series… 3

You are a limited edition unless you are limiting yourself by self created limitations.

If something goes wrong, don’t blame your luck, think of other options.

You are born to live not living because you are born. That’s the importance of Goal.

It’s okay if you are a work in progress, good things take time.

If you always put others first, you are teaching them that you come second. Self-care is important.

Failure is not opposite of success, it is ladder to success.

Let other people doubt you, but you don’t doubt yourself.

You are powerful only when you know that you are powerful.

If removing something or someone from your life makes you happy then go for it.

Dreaming leads to thoughts.
Thoughts leads to action.
Actions leads to fulfillment of dreams.

Other Part of this series:

Life changing advice by Quotes – Series… 1

Life changing advice by Quotes – Series… 2

Value Your Life… 9 useful tips [Re-blog]

Searching for how to be happy and to feel good about ourselves and the life we lead is a task that many of us have yet to accomplish. A fundamental guideline, like a first step, in order to do this is the following: it is necessary to learn how to fully know ourselves and to know how […]

Value Your Life

You need to be mentally strong to do these things

Today I will share with you some things mentally strong people do that you are probably not doing but you most certainly can do.

Have you ever came across someone and after knowing a bit about that person you are like what a confident and mentally strong person? It is not just that they are confident, moreover they have the incredible mental strength that sets them apart from the rest. However, what gives them that mental strength?

Today I will share with you some things mentally strong people do that you are probably not doing but you most certainly can do.

Here is what mentally strong people do:

Mentally Strong people Move on:

They people do not waste time feeling sorry for themselves. Moreover they very quickly come out of a bad situation or a bad experience and move on to better things.
“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”

They practice gratitude:

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for. —Zig Ziglar

Read more on Gratitude here…

Meaning of Gratitude and things we take for granted

They embrace change:

It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change. –Charles Darwin
Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, however make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they are most favorable to you. –William Frederick Book

Mentally Strong people accept challenges:

They view adversity as an opportunity to grow stronger. With each obstacle they overcome, they gain confidence in their ability to become better.
Their Mantra is “Challenges are there to make you not to break you”.

They focus on the things they can control:

They do not complain. Mentally Strong people do not waste time and energy on things, which they cannot control. Instead mentally strong people stay productive and effective by focusing on the things they have control over.

They celebrate other people’s success:

Mentally strong people do not get jealous of other people’s success. Their Mantra is “Our time will definitely come, but also learn to clap in other people’s success”.

They take calculated risks:

They do the risk and benefit analysis before taking action. Mentally Strong people are willing to step outside their comfort zone and seek opportunities that will help them reach their goals.

If you want to learn how to come out of comfort zone, read below post…

How to come out of comfort zone…

They invest their energy in the present:

Mentally strong people reflect on the past so they can learn from it, but they do not dwell on it. Moreover they refuse to live a life of regret and they let go of grudges.
“Your future needs you, your past does not”.

They see failure as ladder for growth:

They do not give up after failing; instead they see every failure as chance to improve.

“Failure is not the opposite of success, it is part of success”.
“Setback is a set up for comeback”.

Mentally Strong people practice solitude:

Solitude is a great way to recognize all the things that make you feel confident. Your self-esteem will experience a major boost when you dedicate time to yourself and realize your own potential.

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”

They practice perseverance:

Mentally strong people do not expect fast results; they know that the best things in life are worth waiting for. So they exercise patience and persistence as they strive for their goals.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

Mentally Strong people practice Self-discipline:

Self-discipline is about controlling your desires and impulses while staying focused on what needs to be done to achieve your Goal.

Mentally strong people become comfortable with discomfort. If you are in comfort zone then come out of comfort zone.

They know time and energy are worth more than money:

“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.” –Henry Ford

Mentally strong people devote their energy to productive tasks. They do not waste limited resources, like time and energy, on things that are not helpful. Mentally Strong people try to make things better rather than just complaining about it.

They stay true to their values:

Mentally strong people keep their priorities in line with their beliefs. They are courageous enough to live according to their values, even when it is not the popular choice. They do not compromise on their beliefs and values.

“Values are the deeply held beliefs that drive and direct your behavior”.

Mentally Strong people reflect on their progress:

They take time to consider what they have achieved and where they are going. They always keep eyes on their Goals and measures the milestones. Mentally Strong people celebrate the small successes and milestone and keep themselves on track to achieve the overall Goal.

“Success is steady progress toward one’s Goals.”

Conclusion:

The good news is that we can all build our mental strength. Find your own role model for higher motivation and start consciously by emulating above significant traits that define them.

“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles, and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident, and more and more successful.” — Mark Victor Hansen

Traits of mentally strong people
What mentally Strong People do