Hope is a losing strategy in today's times!
Hope is the oxygen for life. Hope enables us for the state that 'end of the hardships is near. Tomorrow is the dawn.'
But with longer periods of dusk, it starts becoming like a joke and breaks us.
Resilient people on the other hand combat tough times better, says an #HBR research. They essentially do 2 things -
👉They accept the harsh realities facing them.
Instead of denial, take a sober view of reality. You’ll prepare & train yourself to survive, assuming long winters.
☝️Admiral Stockdale was held prisoner in camps and tortured by the Vietcong, but survived 8 years in part by accepting he could be held for a long time. Vs those died being broken hearts thinking they will be out this christmas, easter..
👉They find meaning in terrible times & develop alternate goals.
Don't view yourself as a victim to cry, “Why me?”
Rather, devise constructs about your suffering to create meaning for yourself & others.
✌️Nazi Camps survivor Victor Frankl did so by imagining himself giving a lecture after the war on the psychology of the surviving camp to help outsiders understand what he had been through.
By creating meaningful alternate goals for himself, he rose above the sufferings of the moment. You can read more in his book, 'Man's search for meaning'.
What advice would you add for such times?
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