Top 10 Tips for Resilience
As most of you know I nominated this year as the 2012 International Year of Resilience because frankly, that’s what I reckon large chunks of the world need right now. The twitter feed is #2012YearofResilience. I sent a few of these tips out at the start of the year and have seen a few of them already pop up in the writing of other people which is great. If you find them of value please share them around. Here then are my Top 10 Tips for Resilience: Tip 1 – Be productive, not busy – you cannot be both: Tip 2 – Understand that variations to your expected timelines are likely; Tip 3 – If you haven’t thought about a preferred outcome, you have no right to complain when you don’t like the outcome you end up with.
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