CHAPTER 6

Resilience, Energy, and Burnout

Resilience is at once proactive, pragmatic, and humble. It knows it needs others. It doesn’t overcome failure so much as transmute it, integrating it into the reality that evolves.

—Tippett, 252

One aspect of maintaining well-being and positivity is the ability to recognize challenges as opportunities. This outlook is one of the key factors of resilience. When a person has high levels of resilience (i.e., ability to bounce back from problems and a tendency to see challenges as opportunities for growth and learning), they have higher levels of well-being. This is both because of an overall optimistic approach to life and because they have the motivation and energy to work through issues that arise. High ...

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