I am very blessed and excited to announce I will continue my baseball career as a graduate student at University of Southern Indiana . A special thanks to my family, coaches and everyone who supported me along the way. Thank you God!
Tom Brady said, "I think sometimes in life the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen in your life."
Resilience is not about avoiding challenges.
• It's your ability to face challenges.
• It's a form of growth.
Building resilience isn't about ignoring pain, it's about recognizing that you have the strength to persevere in the face of pain.
Challenges are inevitable. Resilience allows you to bounce back stronger and wiser from setbacks.
• It helps you face tough situations
• It helps you learn.
• It helps you grow.
8 lessons from the most resilient people:
1. The most resilient people cultivate resilience over time (they don’t get lucky)
It's a skill you can build over time using optimism, a growth mindset, acceptance, hard work, consistency, and patience. When you build habits and a system that builds resilience, success is inevitable.
2. Accept that sh** happens
In life, there will always be pain. Understand that life is suffering as the Buddha once said. This stops you from feeling discriminated against and helps you combat that feeling of "Why me?" Instead, think, "Why not me?"
3. Choose where to focus your attention
The old saying is, "Control what you can control," and this starts with where you focus your attention. Our minds are wired for the negative. We always remember the negative emotions and events, not the positive. Be present. Be self-aware.
4. Don’t let the 3 P's get into your mindset
• Personalize - Belief that you are at fault for everything.
• Pervasive - Belief that an event will affect other areas of your life.
• Permanent - Belief that an event will be forever
By removing these, you are taking a logical approach to your challenges.
5. Tune into the good and choose to live purposefully
Go on a benefit-finding search. The Army hunts "for the good stuff.” Spend time each day remembering what you're grateful for. Gratitude widens your mindset and presents you with feelings of abundance rather than scarcity.
6. Ask yourself - is this helping me or harming me?
As you start to think about focusing your energy, you will deepen your self-awareness. By asking this, you choose to respond instead of react. You are being proactive in your approach to regulating your emotions and feelings.
7. Combat Unhealthy Beliefs About Yourself
Don't let your mind wander or unhealthy beliefs about yourself fester. Have good mental habits and self-awareness to see challenges and adversity for what they are. The ability to combat unhealthy beliefs takes patience and consistency.
8. You need to have the courage to believe that change is possible
The ability to have hope gives you a sense of control and power versus a feeling of powerlessness. Change is constant in life - it is your choice whether to improve and grow with the changes.
Maya Angelou said, “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
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