Costco Connection

Sometimes, rushing to recover after experiencing stressful situations can make things worse, notes Taryn Marie Stejskal, Ph.D., founder of the Resilience Leadership Institute (resilience-leadership.com) author of The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People. “We live in a culture where there’s such pressure on everyone to be OK that we’re at a funeral or have surgery on Friday, and we think it’s a big win to be in the office on Monday,” says Stejskal. “But we don’t bounce back; we bounce forward. Resilience is the ability to effectively face challenge, change and complexity— what I call the three C’s—in a way that ultimately enhances us, not diminishes us.”