Learning to Let Go: A Lesson in Life and Professional Growth
But this is not a piece for you to use as an excuse to give up or quit without trying, especially when perseverance still holds value and your efforts haven’t truly been exhausted despite the challenges you face. Instead, it’s about those honest, soul-searching moments when you know deep down that you’ve given your all, yet you're still struggling to admit it because letting go feels like failure rather than courage. Therefore, rather than forcing more from an already drained heart, you learn to accept what is, honour your effort, and begin transitioning towards peace, renewed purpose, and a
Training Yourself to Become Anti-Fragile: The Neuropsychology of Resilience
Resilience is the critical factor in surviving life's adversities as this key strength allows one to recover from each obstacle which arises from it. Anti-fragility is a new concept, one that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Learning about the neurobiology of resilience, and antifragility (learning techniques to become anti-fragile), can help us perform even better under fire. The Science of Resilience Resilience is based on neurobiological structures, in brain circuits and neurotransmitter systems. Emotional regulation and stress management are critically affected by the activities of the amygdala, hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Prefrontal Cortex: This area is involved
The Path to Genuine Resilience: Adopting Antifragility
My life and those around me have informed me that, in an ever-changing and ever-reactive world, being resilient is no longer enough. The old resilience, returning to the previous state after failing, has failed to meet today’s complex and unpredictable realities. A new responsibility for individuals is to actively cultivate an ability to go through struggle, rather than bounce back. But instead of adhering to a traditional version of stability, they must embrace adaptability and transformation as inherent components of survival. We need to try, instead, to reach antifragility, a term introduced by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book
