The document defines resilience as the ability to recover quickly from difficult situations. It notes that the current pandemic was unexpected and discusses how we must learn to expect and handle unexpected changes. The key to resilience is managing setbacks by moving forward, adapting to life's changes, and personal growth. Developing resilience involves maintaining a positive outlook, focusing on one's values and serving others, focusing on controllable factors, finding purpose, and relying on social support.

1. GET YOUR
RESILIENCE
IN CHECK
Melissa Sassi
Chief Penguin, IBM Z
@mentorafrika
*Adapted from Harvard Business Review

2. WHAT IS RESILIENCE?
Resilience is the ability to
bounce back quickly when the
bad stuff in life stomps the
breath out of us & knocks us
down.
It's what helps us get back up
again...stronger than ever.

3. WE NEVER KNOW WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT,
RIGHT?
I mean, who would have ever
thought we would experience a
global pandemic in our lifetime?
NOT ME! NOT YOU!

4. WE
PLAN
OR
WE TRY
TO
PLAN
But we have to be
ready to pivot, adapt,
accept change, cope,
realize there are things
we cannot control, and
recognize that change
is often hard and
trying.
WE HAVE NO
CHOICE BUT
TO GET
THROUGH IT

5. WE HAVE TO LEARN TO
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
The
Unpredictable
The
Uncontrollable
A Trauma or
Crisis
The only thing that stays the same is change.

6. RESILIENCE IS
THE KEY TO
handling unexpected blips in
the road
managing turmoil, crises &
trauma
embracing change, even
when it seems impossible

7. RESILIENCE HELPS YOU
MANAGE & ACCEPT
SETBACKS
It helps you
move forward
It helps you adapt to the changed in
your life
It even helps you grow as a person in
your journey to become your best self

8. NOT ALL STRESS IS BAD
I repeat. NOT ALL STRESS IS BAD
YOU HEARD IT!

9. Getting through painful trauma
& the bad stuff life throws at us
make us stronger in the end.

10. Cope using positive
mechanisms.
Unhealthy behaviors do
not create resilience.

11. STEP 1: Be positive.
Do not overthink the negative aspects of what you're
facing.
Look for the positives & opportunities available.
Enjoy the learning journey & see it as a time to grow.

12. STEP 2: Your values.
Follow your gut.
Look for something bigger than you, than the
situation & the greater good that come transpire.
Stick to your values, ethics, morals, and belief
systems, while still being open to change.

13. STEP 3: Be selfless.
Be empathetic.
Have concern for others around you without being
self-absorbed in your own circumstances.
Dedicate yourself and your time to volunteerism and
causes that bring you joy, community, and fulfilment.

14. STEP 4: Focus.
You cannot change everything, focus on what you
can influence.
Foucus on embracing the circumstance as an
opportunity for something different.
Focus on what opportunities could arise that might
not normally have been possible.

15. STEP 5: Purpose.
Find your purpose, your superpower, your secret
sauce.
Use this time to come up with a new mission in life
that brings meaning to you.
find the strength and courage by choosing to not let
chaos, turmoil, trauma, and change destroy you.

16. STEP 6: Squad.
Gather your trusted squad and text them often.
Use this time to come up with a new mission in life
that brings meaning to you.
Find the strength and courage by choosing to not let
chaos, turmoil, trauma, and change destroy you.

17. THANK YOU
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW!
for schooling me up on resilience & making me more
resilient this year.
Melissa Sassi
Chief Penguin, IBM Z
@mentorafrika