Coping with difficulty or adversity and learning from it. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

As the great Winston Churchill stated above, it is not the outcome that matters, it is how we deal with it, that is the key. We all have times when we face success and failures in all areas of our lives. We need to keep developing our resilience to help us get through, learn from and overcome these.

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. Developing 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. Practicing 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 are ‘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.