Soar to Success March 2017

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Learn How to
Increase Your
Resilience
Capacity
By DocPenny Kow
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ability to bounce back or to rebound, to return to original
form after being bent”. However, resiliency is more than
bouncing back from the unexpected changes of life that
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Many people today feel worn out, cranky and even cynical
much of the time. You could say that they are living “pedal
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life; living in a way so that setbacks and obstacles become
little bumps in the road and are actually signals that you
are headed in the right direction. They are not a reason
to give up. You learn how to work and live with greater
clarity, focus, ease and grace.
When you increase your capacity to be resilient, you learn
how to “push your personal pause button”, create some
breathing room for yourself and show up to life with
You are changing
your “internal
set-point” so
that when bigger
discomforts
occur, you
respond, instead
of react.
SOAR TO SUCCESS / MARCH 2017 / Core Business Strategies