What is Resilience (the R in GRIT)?
Resilience– The ability to bounce back from failure or discouragements.
Please show the following video (4:42):
PIXAR 2003: Boundin
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Classroom discussion:
- How did The Lamb use resilience to overcome his challenges?
- What was a time in your life where you felt vulnerable (or shorn)? :)
- Who is the Jackalope - or support person - in your life?
- What strategies work for you when you're trying to REBOUND?
- How can you be a Jackalope - or support person - for someone else?
5 Best Ways to Build Resilience
- Pump Up Your Positivity
- Resilient people... tend to find some silver lining in even the worst of circumstances.
- Live to Learn From Your Experiences
- “What I see resilient people do is immediately look at the problem and say, ‘What’s the solution to that? What is this trying to teach me?'"
- Open Your Heart
- Acts of kindness [both given and received], and the serotonin boosts that accompany them, have a cumulative effect.
- Take Care of Yourself
- Good health — and a regular routine of healthy habits — are foundational to both mental and emotional resilience.
- Hang On To Humor
- Laughing through adversity can be profoundly pain relieving, for both the body and mind.
