Make a list of things you used to believe completely. Things that you were sure of, but now, with the passage of time and the benefit of experience, you know to be incorrect or incomplete.
Of course, it’s not just mythical creatures beloved in childhood. It’s our adherence to a social norm, loyalty to a leader or a point of view.
We’re pretty good at allowing our mistaken certainties to slowly fade into the background, without a total crisis or public act of reckoning. We gradually move on, becoming even more certain about the new, current thing we’re now sure of.
Resilience occurs when we hold onto our certainties just a little less tightly. One way to do that is to remember just how often the old ones fade away. Few things are as fixed over time as we might like to believe.
Authors:
Dr. Robert K. Greenleaf
was formerly a professional development specialist at Brown University. Bob has 45 years of experience in education ranging from superintendent, principal, teacher, & special education. As President of Greenleaf Learning Bob has traveled the world conducting Brain & Learning Institutes. Dr. Bob’s doctoral work was at Vanderbilt with undergrad psychology. bob@greenleaflearning.com
* Adapted from Seth Godin,
7.27.24, who is a serial entrepreneur, Godin has a degree in computer science and philosophy from Tufts University, and an MBA from Stanford Business School. He runs the altMBA, a global business-thinking workshop, and founded two companies, Squidoo and Yoyodyne. In 2013, Godin was one of just three professionals inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame, and in May 2018 he was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame too.
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