22-Steps For Building Resilience

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Handout: Steps for Building Resilience

Develop a more positive world  Notice what you say to yourself in an unfamiliar situation
view and self concept
 Find specific opportunities during challenges you face

 Practice turning minuses into pluses

 Take a time out during a period of frustration

 Look for a positive person to serve as your coach

Maintain a focused sense of  Explore your value system and identify your personal sense of
purpose for long-term goals direction on which you can rely to make choices
and priorities
 Set new priorities when faced with the disruption of change

Use Flexible thinking to  Switch sides when discussing a topic about which you feel
explore multiple approaches strongly
for addressing uncertainty.
 Rather than assuming your first answer is the solution,
suspend judgment if you are in the middle of a change

 List three positives and three negatives about a new idea or


concept

 Be willing to work in an unfamiliar role to learn a different


point of view

 Identify a person who is a strong flexible thinker, and ask for


some coaching

Use Organized, structured  Learn to quickly sort information and find patterns in new
approaches when managing situations
ambiguity
 Use a planner or planning software to keep to-do lists, track
plans, commitments, and next steps for each change initiative

 Break down complex or ambiguous situations into


manageable chunks

 Find a coach who has strong organizational skills.


Experiment proactively with  Choose a small project and experiment with a new approach
new approaches and solutions
 For a challenge you face, define the worst-case scenario; list
how you would address each risk

 Find someone you perceive as a successful risk-taker and


discuss your objections and concerns about a change

 Try to view a risk associated with a change you are facing as a


“win-win” situation; determine what you can learn by
assuming the risk

 Find a coach who excels at proactive experimentation.

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