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Posts Tagged ‘resilience’
Monday, February 7th, 2011
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Our reaction to adversity plays a big role in determining how fast we get back on track with life. Research shows that resilience to adversity in our life may be linked to how often we face it.
At ten years of age, I rode my bike on a cow trail near our ranch house in Wyoming. I sped along at a good clip, too fast to notice a coiled rattlesnake on the other side of rock—until the snake struck out at full length.
My bike flipped, and as I landed, I felt dozens of pricks all over my arms and hands. My mind raced with fear because I thought the rattlesnake had bitten me. We lived on a remote ranch in the mountains and it was a two-hour drive on dirt roads to a hospital. (more…)
Tags: adversity, mental toughness, overcoming fear, resilience, risk taking, strong minds
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Article first published on www.linked2leadership.com
Americans elected President Barack Obama on the promise of change. But change is a two-edged sword. On the one side is hope; on the other is fear.
Politics is a unique barometer into the psyche of the American public. Candidates hold up a finger and try to gauge the way the wind of the future is blowing. If they’re elected and fail to produce the change they’ve promised, voters react by holding up a finger of their own and voting someone else into office.
Promises Are Based On Hope
Most politicians who deliver the hope they promise to voters are blessed by luck and good rhetoric. President Clinton talked about building a bridge to the 21st century, and Americans liked that promise of change because it was vague and yet hopeful without all the pain.
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Tags: change, control your fear, fear, fear of change, fear of the unknown, Persistence, resilience, strong minded, strong minds
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
Article first published on www.linked2leadership.com
Where others see obstacles, a visionary sees opportunities. They focus on synthesizing the best aspects of different ideas. They stay on the move, always searching for more stimulation.
Does this sound familiar? If so, you know a spark plug mind.
Old Sparky
Richard Branson, the British industrialist and founder of the Virgin Group, is perhaps one of the best-known examples of the thinker who approaches life with curiosity, optimism, and a sense of adventure. His mind operates likes a spark plug—it pumps energy and excitement into situations so that everyone will be charged up.
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Tags: boredom |, optimism, optimists, perseverance, resilience, Richard Branson, strong mind, visionaries
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
The only ones who like change are babies with wet diapers—and that’s because they know what to expect. The rest of us are left trying to understand how to cope with the unexpected in life and the fear that change produces.
Psychologists explain that victims of domestic violence are often so afraid of changing the status quo that they stay in abusive relationships rather than risk the unknown. People prefer to stay within their safety zones because of fear. It’s why people don’t start new businesses and stop looking for love.
As an FBI agent, I have found myself in many situations where I felt genuine fear. Every time I pulled my gun when making an arrest, I had to be prepared to shoot to kill if the situation warranted it. I had to mentally prepare myself for the worse and lean on the training I’d received at Quantico. (more…)
Tags: change, fear, fear of change, resilience, strong minds
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Monday, October 25th, 2010
The phrase man up is a zinger that’s caught on with women who pride themselves on being strong, irreverent, and post-feminist. Men have been using the phrase as well. It’s a challenge that implies a lack of courage and empowers those who use it.
The Republican candidate for Senate in Nevada, Sharron Angle, challenged her opponent in a recent debate. “Man up, Harry Reid,” she said. “You need to understand that we have a problem with social security.” In the Florida race for Senate, the two male candidates told each other to man up and stop the spread of negative rumors about each other.
A challenge to man up assumes the speaker is tougher than the other person. It suggests a lack of manliness and strength. It still contains a certain sexual overtone because men can use it in a different way than women. After all, it would be hard to imagine a male candidate suggesting that a female opponent needed to be more ladylike to be qualified for the office.
Women Can Man Up Too
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Tags: aggressive, competence, confidence, man up, post-feminists, resilience, strength, tough-minded
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
On July 30, 2010 a homeless man armed with a loaded gun burst into the emergency room of Children’s Hospital in Oakland, CA. He grabbed a female employee and shoved the .38 caliber revolver into her stomach as he shouted for everyone to back away. After several minutes, police officers showed up with rifles and the man put down the gun. The employee who was taken hostage was not hurt, but several other hospital employees were so distraught that they were sent home for the rest of the day. By contrast, several of the other employees volunteered to extend their shift to get hospital services back to normal.
I know first hand how difficult it is to predict your response in a crisis situation.
Tags: FBI, guns, hostage, inner strength, resilience, self-awareness, tough-minded
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