Introduction
Feel good, function well: the power of resilience
Every day we face minor irritations such as traffic jams and queues. Some people react well, others react poorly: the same event produces different reactions in different people. You probably react differently on different days to the same irritation: some days a queue can be a chance to use your smart phone, while on another day the irritation produces annoyance. The critical insight is that you always have a choice about how to react to events. You are not a victim of events where each event inevitably produces a certain reaction. This is true not just of minor events, but also of major life events and career events.
If you can choose how to react to events, it pays to choose ...
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