Personal Resilience Development Framework The reasons why these 8 elements were chosen is explained below. Self-awareness If you are aware of your own strengths and weaknesses, and know you have the inner capacity and capability to overcome many types of challenge, you can choose to be resilient. Determination Determination has a lot to do with knowing your core values, which are also your core drivers. If you know what drives you to take the decisions you take, you will have the tools to remain determined to see things through to a conclusion. When this happens your resilience against adverse events will be very strong. Vision If you have a reasonably good idea of what you want out of life, and what you want to do, you will have a focus that helps place other challenges in perspective. Having a longer term aspiration that you really, really want to achieve gives you the mental strength to drive you forward and over the bumps of everyday life. Self-confidence You boost your self-confidence by controlling your anxiety, for which there are many tried and tested techniques. This gives you the confidence to do anything you want. Organisation If you know you can organise yourself in a chaotic environment, you know you can deal with almost anything that’s thrown at you. For example, knowing how to arrange and successfully cope with a heavy workload will give you a sense of achievement and success which is like feeling a reward. Which will drive you on with the anticipation of feeling successful again when the next task is completed. Problem solving If you know you can solve different types of problems, you will have the flexibility, knowledge and confidence to tackle difficult and challenging events without feeling stressed by them. Interaction If you know how to persuade others to do what you want them to do without causing them any distress, you will know how to interact effectively with anyone, at any time, about anything, even those who are aggressive towards you. Relationships If you have strong relationships with others who are important to your success and happiness, you will know you can trust and rely on their support in difficult situations. This boosts your confidence; their advice helps your flexibility, and their encouragement helps your strength of mind. Try this short Questionnaire based on the 8 elements and see how you score. The full version of this Questionnaire – the RAQ 40 is used in our various Resilience programmes. Resilience Assessment Questionnaire (RAQ 8) Please answer the following questions by circling the relevant number. 1 = Never, 5 = Yes, always
Personal Resilience Development Framework The reasons why these 8 elements were chosen is explained below. Self-awareness If you are aware of your own strengths and weaknesses, and know you have the inner capacity and capability to overcome many types of challenge, you can choose to be resilient. Determination Determination has a lot to do with knowing your core values, which are also your core drivers. If you know what drives you to take the decisions you take, you will have the tools to remain determined to see things through to a conclusion. When this happens your resilience against adverse events will be very strong. Vision If you have a reasonably good idea of what you want out of life, and what you want to do, you will have a focus that helps place other challenges in perspective. Having a longer term aspiration that you really, really want to achieve gives you the mental strength to drive you forward and over the bumps of everyday life. Self-confidence You boost your self-confidence by controlling your anxiety, for which there are many tried and tested techniques. This gives you the confidence to do anything you want. Organisation If you know you can organise yourself in a chaotic environment, you know you can deal with almost anything that’s thrown at you. For example, knowing how to arrange and successfully cope with a heavy workload will give you a sense of achievement and success which is like feeling a reward. Which will drive you on with the anticipation of feeling successful again when the next task is completed. Problem solving If you know you can solve different types of problems, you will have the flexibility, knowledge and confidence to tackle difficult and challenging events without feeling stressed by them. Interaction If you know how to persuade others to do what you want them to do without causing them any distress, you will know how to interact effectively with anyone, at any time, about anything, even those who are aggressive towards you. Relationships If you have strong relationships with others who are important to your success and happiness, you will know you can trust and rely on their support in difficult situations. This boosts your confidence; their advice helps your flexibility, and their encouragement helps your strength of mind. Try this short Questionnaire based on the 8 elements and see how you score. The full version of this Questionnaire – the RAQ 40 is used in our various Resilience programmes. Resilience Assessment Questionnaire (RAQ 8) Please answer the following questions by circling the relevant number. 1 = Never, 5 = Yes, always
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