Hi Everyone
just thought I would share this with you, hope you find it interesting and useful. Feel free to print it off and hang a copy on your wall
Gerard
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Ten Traits To A More Resilient You
Why are some people just more resilient than others?
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In this short article we outline 10 traits of resilient individuals that you can learn to adopt.

1. Self Aware
Being resilient requires an ability to look inside and know your feelings and thoughts. It also involves a capacity to distance ourselves from these emotions and respond to the situation and not the emotion.

2. Balanced
As the resilient individual becomes more self-aware they also become more balanced. They choose when to get involved and when not to. This ability to control how you engage with situations will help you to cope with change.

3. Sense Of Humor
Humor is a very important aspect of coping with change. Enjoy and practice it everyday and you will be amazed with the change you will see in yourself.

4. Creative
The resilient individual is very creative and tries new things.

5. Autonomous
The resilient individual develops safe boundaries between themselves and others. This will allows you to operate independently and take decisive action where necessary.

6. Content
The resilient individual lives in the moment. Quite simply the past is gone and the future hasn’t happened yet so the present is where we need to be. We need to be also content in this place – take time to find your balance.

7. Humility
Humility is an essential characteristic of a resilient individual. Know both your own and others strengths and weaknesses.

8. Understands Relationships
The resilient individual values and understands the people dimension. They are empathic and seeks to know and understand others. This emotional stability is especially important during times of difficult change.

9. Self-Motivated
The resilient individual is self-motivated. This motivation is their fuel for action. They take the initiative and responsibility for actions and it is their persistence that allow them to deliver results.

10. Moral
The resilient individual has strong personal values that particularly focus on the concept of mutual respect.

this was originally written by Des Fitzgerald
Managing Director
www.oaktraining.com

It’s Sunday morning and I am in the beautiful picturesque mountain resort of Predal in Romania.

I am here running the three-day residential part of our practitioner diploma course, to qualify people as accredited life coaches.  Today is the last day which is a shame because it has gone so incredibly well. The students here are from all over Romania, and they really are remarkable, so keen and dedicated and willing. Also their language skills are fantastic, in fact it is quite humbling.

I have a team of six people helping me to run the course, two of our senior coaches and trainers from the UK Aina Egeberg and Cherry Claus, and four of our qualified practitioner coaches from Romania .

The resort that we have chosen to run the course in ( Predal ) is quite spectacular. Set high in the mountains with views that are to die for.  We finish tonight at 6 PM and then I will head up to the north of the country to the town of Cluj in Transylvania where we have set up some new monthly coaching support groups to support and look after all of our coaches in that area.

I am looking forward to going back to Transylvania it is a beautiful part of the country.  Next week looks as if it’s going to be busy as well.

We have the 6 day mind body & spirit show in London followed two days later by the business start-up show in the Excel centre in London.