Being resilient: Avoiding Burnout Part 15

bythemethod | July 17, 2008

Table of contents for Avoiding burnout

Some people manage stress better than others. There is nothing remarkable about their brains or their dna they have learned how to manage life and its stresses well. We can learn their secrets to be more resilient ourselves.

There are many skills that I have already talked about in this series. Things like: being positive, being friendly etc.

Another of the skills is that of being a creative thinker. When a resilient person encounters a problem they don’t give in but instead they think creatively to find a solution to the problem. Even when they have to face problems that to a normal person would seem impossible they think up a new solution to get them through.

Being a creative thinker is a skill we can all learn

Perhaps the first step in becomming resilient is to accept that you can learn to be more creative. Even people who feel they have no creative ability at all can learn to become more creative.

Let your imagination run riot and don’t just take the logical solution as the best. Learn to think outside the box, be a divergent thinker. When a problem comes up look for a solution even if the only solution you can find at the moment is to make a little progress on something.

Next time you get a problem think up some alternative solutions

Even if you don’t use those alternatives get into the habit of thinking them up. Feel free to be silly and outrageous in your solutions. You don’t have to tell anyone about them if you don’t want to but get those creative juices flowing.