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Resilience. The muscle that grows under load.
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Resilience
The muscle that grows under load
The speed at which a person recovers after something goes wrong.
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Resilience is not the absence of setback. It is the speed of recovery. Like a muscle, it only builds under strain. A person who has never failed has never built resilience. Shielding someone from all difficulty does not protect them. It removes the conditions the skill needs to grow.
- Research shows resilience is built, not born. It comes from facing difficulty with support, not from avoiding it.
- After a setback, ask: what did I learn? That question turns failure into material.
SourceMasten, Ordinary Magic (2014)
American Psychological Association resilience research
American Psychological Association resilience research
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