Resilience is a word that everyone loves, but that is – by definition – hard to do. Resilience develops only by doing tasks that are physically and mentally demanding. It is something that needs constant challenge and pushing it, otherwise we grow less resilient over time.
Because I like the table format due to how it can simplify complex reality, here is one view into resilience:
| Aspect | Weakens resilience (- -) | Maintains resilience (+-0) | Strengthens resilience (++) |
| social interaction | avoid challenging topics in a conversation stay quiet | actively participate in challenging conversations answer when asked | bring up challenging topics in a conversation take your turn when necessary |
| physical exercise | avoid challenging physical exercise | follow a pre-set exercise program | do ad-hoc training (supersets, drop sets) early morning training frequent cold exposure |
| mental exercise | swipe, scroll and binge watch for hours | read a book | read a book from challenging genre or author watch documentary on a challenging topic |