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breakdown these elements. Here’s what they say about it:</p><blockquote id="ae5e"><p>Once we reach adulthood, our personalities remain relatively stable. However, our levels of resilience can vary considerably. Fortunately, everyone has the ability to build and maintain their levels of resilience. That’s why we created iResilience!</p></blockquote><blockquote id="5dd6"><p>The iResilience report is the starting point for a structured, personalised journey to self-resilience. It provides awareness of the strategies you lean on the most – and how that means you’re likely to respond to difficult situations.</p></blockquote><p id="22a0">I liked that different from other physiological profile tools out there, the iResilience report reveals the areas you naturally draw on for your resilience as well as suggesting ways to make the most of your strengths and manage your risks. The work situations they give you towards the end of the 14 page report highlight how your personality will help or hinder you and are also excellent learning tools.</p><p id="c7b6">Here’s a link for you to try it yourself.</p><div id="7f3b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.robertsoncooper.com/iresilience/"> <div> <div> <h2>iResilience: Free Resilience Report | Robertson Cooper</h2> <div><h3>iResilience provides a comprehensive understanding of personal resilience and gives examples of how this could impact…</h3></div> <div><p>www.robertsoncooper.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*kmaPuP9tGdJojqYs.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="15bb">So, what did I learn from my report? Well quite a bit. In fact for me it felt way more accurate than I was expecting. Here are just a few of the insights:</p><ol><li>That my confidence levels are hindering my resilience. I need to work on reducing my levels of worry, distress and anxiety whilst boosting my confidence in my resourcefulness, enthusiasm and taking a stand.</li><li>That my pu

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rposefulness could benefit from me working on my assertiveness and self discipline. But my level of deliberation in considering carefully what I want to achieve is a benefit</li><li>That my adaptability is where I pull most of my resilience from. Especially being open to variety and being flexible in my approach to things. However my frustration levels can bubble over and weaken my resilience and I can put myself under unnecessary pressure by being too sympathetic.</li><li>That my social support could benefit from a boost. I'm more inclined to draw mainly on my own resources rather than turning to others in difficult times. However my straightforward nature and high consideration of others helps me in this area.</li></ol><p id="464c">The report also gives very useful personalised guidance on various situations at work, centred around these six area.</p><ol><li>Informed and Equipped</li><li>Balanced workload</li><li>Collaborative relationships</li><li>In Control</li><li>Well managed change</li><li>Sense of purpose</li></ol><p id="a253">I certainly have found the report useful and plan to increase my resilience by seeking out ways to improve those areas where I’m not so strong.</p><p id="2698">I hope you take the time to try the iResilience questionnaire and that you find your report useful. Let me know in a comment how you got on.</p><div id="577c" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.robertsoncooper.com/iresilience/"> <div> <div> <h2>iResilience: Free Resilience Report | Robertson Cooper</h2> <div><h3>iResilience provides a comprehensive understanding of personal resilience and gives examples of how this could impact…</h3></div> <div><p>www.robertsoncooper.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*kmaPuP9tGdJojqYs.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="e13e">I hope you enjoyed this piece. Feel free to check out my profile <a href="undefined">Rob Eggers</a> and leave some feedback.</p></article></body>

Self Improvement

How to Take a Licking and Keep on Ticking

RobertsonCooper’s iResilience model

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If like me, you are interested in self improvement and are looking for ways to understand how and why you react the way you do in life. Then you may enjoy reading this piece about resilience.

How resilient are you?

For me the answer is variable, sometimes very and sometimes not at all. This is confusing to me and I didn’t understand why my reactions could be so different. Until I started looking into resilience more closely.

I was recently introduced to RobertsonCooper’s iResilience model as part of a mental health awareness course.

They describe resilience as:

Resilience is a combination of personal characteristics and skills. Resilience skills are practical and can be learned and developed through appropriate training. The characteristics which are associated with higher levels of resilience are inherent in our personalities, however resilience skills can be used to help us adapt our natural style and tendencies.

This is great news, if like me you struggle sometimes to take a mental licking and keep on ticking. According to RobertsonCooper we can learn to be more resilient. But first we need to break it down and see where we need to improve.

They describe the four key components you naturally draw on for resilience as confidence, adaptability, purposefulness and the need for social support.

They also offer a free tool the help analyse and breakdown these elements. Here’s what they say about it:

Once we reach adulthood, our personalities remain relatively stable. However, our levels of resilience can vary considerably. Fortunately, everyone has the ability to build and maintain their levels of resilience. That’s why we created iResilience!

The iResilience report is the starting point for a structured, personalised journey to self-resilience. It provides awareness of the strategies you lean on the most – and how that means you’re likely to respond to difficult situations.

I liked that different from other physiological profile tools out there, the iResilience report reveals the areas you naturally draw on for your resilience as well as suggesting ways to make the most of your strengths and manage your risks. The work situations they give you towards the end of the 14 page report highlight how your personality will help or hinder you and are also excellent learning tools.

Here’s a link for you to try it yourself.

So, what did I learn from my report? Well quite a bit. In fact for me it felt way more accurate than I was expecting. Here are just a few of the insights:

  1. That my confidence levels are hindering my resilience. I need to work on reducing my levels of worry, distress and anxiety whilst boosting my confidence in my resourcefulness, enthusiasm and taking a stand.
  2. That my purposefulness could benefit from me working on my assertiveness and self discipline. But my level of deliberation in considering carefully what I want to achieve is a benefit
  3. That my adaptability is where I pull most of my resilience from. Especially being open to variety and being flexible in my approach to things. However my frustration levels can bubble over and weaken my resilience and I can put myself under unnecessary pressure by being too sympathetic.
  4. That my social support could benefit from a boost. I'm more inclined to draw mainly on my own resources rather than turning to others in difficult times. However my straightforward nature and high consideration of others helps me in this area.

The report also gives very useful personalised guidance on various situations at work, centred around these six area.

  1. Informed and Equipped
  2. Balanced workload
  3. Collaborative relationships
  4. In Control
  5. Well managed change
  6. Sense of purpose

I certainly have found the report useful and plan to increase my resilience by seeking out ways to improve those areas where I’m not so strong.

I hope you take the time to try the iResilience questionnaire and that you find your report useful. Let me know in a comment how you got on.

I hope you enjoyed this piece. Feel free to check out my profile Rob Eggers and leave some feedback.

Self Improvement
Illumination
Resilience
Mental Health
Self Help
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