vBlog: What Resilience Is Not

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by Andrew Shatté

Resilience is an important competency, and a plays a big part in our ability to bounce back from adversity in our lives. It’s just as important, however, to understand what resilience is not. In this brief video, meQuilibrium Chief Scientist Dr. Andrew Shatté talks about knowing when to say when.

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Key Thought:

Resilience is not beating your head against the wall because that’s the right or noble thing to do. Resilience is the intelligent deployment of limited resources.

About the Author
Andrew Shatté

Dr. Shatté is a heralded speaker, consultant, research professor and author at the vanguard of risilience training and education. After receiving undergraduate degrees in Pyschology and Philosophy, he completed his Ph.D. in Psychology at University of Pennsylvania where he worked on the first programs in positive psychology. Since, Dr. Shatté has trained tens of thousands of professionals to build their resilience and coping skills, with demonstrated long term success in productivity and performance. He is the Chief Science Officer and Co-founder of meQuilibrium.

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