The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body

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‘the sleep which follows this self-examination’ was always better.

To them this wasn’t odd … to them this was Tuesday.

history teaches us that impenetrable fortresses can still be breached, if betrayed from the inside. The citizens inside the walls (if they fall prey to fear and greed) can open the gates and let the enemy in. This is what many of us do when we lose our nerve and make emotionally reflexive decisions based on fear.

while some studies show most people’s stress response decreases the more times they’re exposed to something psychologically stressful, for some, it does not change or even increases. This is largely based on your subjective evaluation of the situation, sport or adventure and the level of stress.

physiological (need for food, water, oxygen, sleep, for example); safety (security in the form of law, order and freedom from fear); belongingness and love (friendship, intimacy, trust and acceptance, receiving and giving affection); esteem (for dignity, achievement, status); and self-actualisation (realising personal potential, self-fulfilment).

it’s not enough to be mentally and physically tough with a superhuman ability to tolerate pain and fatigue. You also need to be strategically strong to identify this sensory feedback (resulting from that specific activity) and manage it before your body and brain shut down.

You might have to learn to fight or dance when tackling an external force. But that force might be totally unpredictable: some days you might need your dancing shoes, whereas on others you might have to wear your boxing gloves. For things you cannot change, adopt a noble spirit, bear up bravely, and tune in to nature’s will.

Marcus Aurelius who said, ‘When you are stressed by an external thing, it’s not the thing itself that troubles you, but only your judgement of it. And you can wipe this out at a moment’s notice.’