Page 22 - Pure Magazine Issue 2

Growing up within a family business,

surrounded by chaos, resilience is in my
blood.

Whether horse riding and falling at a

hurdle, or landing in a heap of snow
whilst skiing, I was lucky enough to

participate in some serious resilience

building sports as a child. ‘Get back on

the horse’ was not just a saying during my
upbringing.

I also watched as my parents built a

business from scratch, and then rebuilt it
when in failed. So, whether you believe in

the field of nature or nurture, (or perhaps

a combination of the two in my case)

there is no questioning I am strong willed
and resilient.

But what if a resilient nature eludes you,

and now you find yourself stuck with the

feeling that, if only you had the strength,
you could achieve your dreams? The good

news is that we can all learn new skills, at

any stage of life. Our brains can adapt in

magnificent, powerful, ways all you need
is a little know how and a committed

attitude to practice, as with any other

learnt skill.

If you aren’t so good at presenting
Here are my top tips for building
presentations at work, but can put
resilience below:
together an end of year review whilst

juggling multiple other duties, maybe
Replace the word ‘difficult’ with you’re a multitasking wizz! Instead of
‘challenging’
automatically allowing your lack of

confidence in one area to spill over into
Any time you find yourself thinking or
other aspects of your job, with an ‘I’m not
saying something is ‘difficult for you’ good at anything’ attitude, use your skills
become consciously aware, and instead,
to your advantage. Find a colleague that
begin to change this to ‘challenging’. We
may be more confident at presenting, but
often fall in the face of difficulty, but
struggling where you thrive, and
resilient people see difficulties as negotiate win win a deal, using your skills
challenges which they are geared up to to help them and vice versa. Resilient
take on, and ultimately overcome.
people focus their energy in areas they

know they can achieve and let go of the
Know your strengths
stuff they can’t, building confidence and
self-belief.
Nobody is brilliant at everything, no

matter how much you might believe your

siblings or co-workers are faultless, they

will have their weaknesses that’s for sure.
Learn to separate your strengths from
your weaknesses.
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