Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back Andrew Zolli, Ann Marie Healy
Publisher: Free Press

RESILIENCE – Find ways to bounce back. Bett's recommendation -- Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back by Andrew Zolli http://www.amazon.com/Resilience-Why-Things-Bounce-Back/dp/B008J8LXJC. The harder he is punched, the more he bounces back. As Andrew Zolli, the author of a book about resilience told us a few months ago, what's important to create a city that can bounce back from a Sandy-level disaster isn't to plan for a specific event: It's to plan for any deadly eventuality: ""It's not like you can say if we just do X, Y, Z, then we'll become resilient," says Zolli. Although Being resilient doesn't mean you're unbreakable; it means you bounce back well. He made himself resilient so he can't be knocked down for good. ACCEPTANCE – Be comfortable with who you are. Face of failure; Firm moral convictions and code of ethics; Ability to plan ahead and problem solve; Ability to see adversities as challenges to overcome rather than obstacles; Belief that one's own effort can change things; A lifetime goal or interest in developing a talent. Remind your child that he or she can learn positive coping tools to help bounce back when things go wrong. In their book, Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back, Andrew Zolli and Ann Marie Healy suggest that “most of us were born into a culture which aspired to solve all problems. TRYING OUT – Keep learning new things. Listen here to an interesting discussion with Andrew Zolli, co-author with Marie Healy of a new book, “Resilience: How Things Bounce Back,” on NPR's Science Friday. DIRECTION – Have goals to look forward to. Monday, 18 March 2013 at 14:04. Resilience is more than keeping going, resilience is more than climbing a mountain, resilience is more than not quitting, resilience is more than recovering from set-backs, resilience is bouncing back. EMOTION – Take a positive approach. Others show resilience and are admirably able to glide through these times fairly easily, bouncing back to a normal life again quickly. Positive psychology sounds like a creepy cult thing, but it's not about Stuart Smalley style affirmations or kitten posters at your desk. "It's not about a checklist of things we know are problems, but about having systems that can deal with things we don't see coming.