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BUILDING YOUR

RESILIENCE

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Con t en t s

4Int roduct ion

6Tune into your emot ions

9Taking control

10Choices

11Contact

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In t roduct ion

BEING RESILIENT IS YOUR CHOICE

Brexit Brexit Brexit . It is dominat ing so much of our

news and lives at the moment. And causing

considerable st ress as people and companies feel

uncertain about the future, what will be possible,

what will be allowed.

It seems to be impact ing on all our lives. And we are

all responding dif ferent ly. Some of us are

immersing ourselves in every detail of the Brexit

process, unable to turn off or tune out of the news

feeds. Others are skipping those pages, delet ing the

alerts. Seven MPs recent ly dealt w ith the

uncertainty by leaving the Labour Party

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followed by others from both sides of the House

And uncertainty in your business and personal li fe

can also cause st ress. What can make us feel bet ter,

reduce the st ress and increase our resilience?

Here are three ideas:

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Emot ional intelligence is def ined as the abili ty to ident ify

and manage our emot ions (and those of others) . It is a

choice, a discipline, and can be developed. I have been

working on it since I became a business coach. The benef it

is that i f you are tuned into your emot ions and responses,

you are more aware of the t riggers and f lashpoints of the

negat ive things in your li fe. And you are also aware of the

st rategies that help you to be more resilient and m inim ise

your st ress.

So my resilience st rategies include walking my dog Colin,

or summer swimming in the sea .

Tun e in t o your em ot ion s I k n ow t hat bot h m ak e m e f eel good.

M y Em ot ion al In t el l i gen ce has al so aler t ed m e t o t he f act t hat I l i k e bein g w i t h people an d get very f ed up an d dow n in t he dum ps i f I spen d a l on g t im e by m ysel f . So, w hen I have been w ork in g at m y desk by m ysel f f or a couple of days, an d am f eel i n g a bi t f ed up, I can w alk Col i n (he i s alw ays happy t o obl i ge) ; i f i t i s sum m er , I can go f or a sw im in t he sea; or I can cal l a f r i en d an d go out f or a cof f ee or a G&T. So m y em ot ion al i n t el l i gen ce i s about t he AWARENESS t hat I n eed t o t r i gger a resi l i en ce st rat egy an d t he SELF M ANAGEM ENT t o m ak e i t happen .

Em ot ion al i n t el l i gen ce, n ot on ly helps w i t h resi l i en ce, i t i s a l i f e an d career sk i l l , as you can see in t h i s shor t v ideo:

Video: Em ot ion al i n t el l i gen ce

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The best way to explain the next step to

resilience is to describe an everyday

situat ion. Picture the scene, the skies are

dark, the rain has started coming down in

stair rods (as my Mum used to say). There

is nothing you can do about the weather,

that is totally outside your control. And as

you can see from the chart below, things

that lie outside your control are the sources

of f rustrat ion, anger and st ress.

But if you can f ind something that you can

inf luence and control in that situat ion, you

can act ivate and move forward. So if i t is

pouring with rain, which is outside your

control, the really obvious opt ions that are in

your control are to? .

1. Get wet

2. Put up an umbrella

3. Put on a mac

4. Go inside

5. Stand under a porch

6. Change your at t i tude to rain

Gett ing frustrated and st ressed at work is

just the same. There is often nothing you

can do about the root cause, whether it is

workload, or a dif f icult boss.

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are current ly worrying about a specif ic work

situat ion. Our professional coaches can

problem solve with you to ident ify and plan

how you can build your personal resilience,

make changes and take control of a

part icular challenge.

Tak in g con t rol"find something that you can influence and control in that situation"

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Gett ing frustrated and st ressed at work is

just the same. There is often nothing you

can do about the root cause, whether it is

workload, or a dif f icult boss. BUT you can

change your at t i tude, change the way you

work, deal w ith the boss dif ferent ly. In

every situat ion, there are things outside our

control, but there are many opt ions within

our control and the big key to building your

resilience is to f ind what is w ithin your

control and use it .

Huntwood are offering 5 free skype coaching

calls to FASHION RIDER SUBSCRIBERS who

are current ly worrying about a specif ic work

situat ion. Our professional coaches can

problem solve with you to ident ify and plan

how you can build your personal resilience,

make changes and take control of a

part icular challenge.

M AKING CHOICES ON PACE

This is just like the Goldilocks story. One

opt ion is too big and fast , one opt ion is too

small and slow and one opt ion is just right to

improve your resilience.

CHOICE ONE is to fast pace everything you

do, by constant ly accelerat ing your work

plan, and not looking up. You are making

that fast pace choice in everything you do.

This can feel excit ing, but the elast ic is

overst retched and if the pace is maintained,

leads to a drop in performance, as super

st ress levels and burn out kick in.

CHOICE TWO involves gent le cruising. Not

st retching yourself , taking it easy. Sounds

good in some ways and as a holiday mode

can be very healthy. But i f i t is your normal

way of working, mot ivat ion disappears, so

doing a good job is not important , indeed

nothing is very important . As a result ,

performance will drop and you will be less

resilient and less fulf i lled.

CHOICE THREE is a series of sprints and

refreshers; work at a fast pace to achieve

specif ic object ives and goals, and then dial

back to refresh your energy. Look up and

talk to people, think about the overall goals,

and the big picture

We recommend CHOICE THREE as the best

way to maintain resilience, and build

performance. Please ty it out .

We hope these resilience st rategies are

helpful for you and your career progression.

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A ser ies of spr in t s

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