According to psychologists, the so-called resilience is our ability to bounce back when faced with a variety of challenges. It is a very complex process and none of us is perfect—we all have moments when we do not appear to be very well adapted to the conditions we are facing. By the way, research has shown that resilience is ordinary, not extraordinary. People commonly demonstrate resilience.
One example is the response of many Americans to 9/11 and individuals’ efforts to rebuild their lives. In order to develop this much more crucial soft skill in the American contemporary society, the Road2Resilience website has been launched a couple of years ago.
It represents the digital manifestation of a very big idea in order to advance the cause of national resilience by highlighting innovative ideas in emergency management, homeland security and crisis planning.
The hard road to resilience involves behaviours, thoughts and actions that can be learned and developed at every level of the American society to respond quickly and wisely to future crises.
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Author: Teodora Danisi
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