Coping with difficulty or adversity and learning from it.

“The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.” – Woodrow Wilson

Former US President Woodrow Wilson sums up resilience quiet nicely. If we are knocked back, we need to keep pushing forward.

This term being extremely busy in class with internal assessments and practice exams, means we will all face setbacks. If we can constructively learn from and deal with these setbacks, not only will we improve in these areas, we will also be building our resilience.

10 ways that we can all keep working on developing resilience:

1. Find a Sense of Purpose – This could be being involved in an activity, club or following a passion

2. Believe in Your Abilities – Having confidence in yourself to be able to get through tough situations

3. Develop a Strong Social Network – It is important to have caring, supportive people you can confide in

4. Embrace Change – Learning to be more adaptable and flexible in situations

5. Be Optimistic – Remain positive and hopeful about a brighter future

6. Nurture Yourself – Even when stressed try and make time for yourself and to do activities that you enjoy

7. Develop Problem Solving Skills – Work on different strategies and try and find a logical way that works for you

8. Establish Goals – Try and step back and set realistic goals to overcome the issue and then map out steps to get there

9. Take Action – Waiting for a problem to go away won’t solve it. Try and act resolving the issues as quickly as possible

10. Practice these Skills – Keep practicing these skills, as everyone needs to continue to work on and develop them. 

Resilience will be different for everyone but we can all work on building our own and helping others with theirs.

We here at King’s want to be ‘Building Men for Life’ and resilience is a key part of that. If we can all work together to help our young men build up their resilience, they will be equipped for life.