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Be resilient

We often have to deal with changes, trasformation and adversities both in our daily life and in our career. That is why the concept of resilience – broadly defined as the ability to recover from setbacks, adapt to change, and keep going despite adversities – offers significant suggestions with regard to our behaviour. The importance of being resilient is clearly highlighted in this article which examines some elements essential to resilience.

Here are some significant tips to follow:

  • be always able to cope with change, stress and adversity;
  • consider both setbacks and successes as positive learning experiences;
  • view difficulties and challenges as opportunities to grow and evolve;
  • be able to adapt – and partially adjust – yourself but be ready, at the same time, to return to your original status;
  • be able to absorb energy when “elastically deformed” and later release and use that energy;
  • be able to absorb or avoid damage, without suffering complete failure;
  • be able to provide and maintain an acceptable level of service in the face of problems and challenges to normal operation.

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Resilience and Diplomacy

In his TEDx talk titled “Why diplomats will never disappear” (TEDxBari 2015Stefano Baldi, career diplomat, explains why diplomats maintain an important role even after many changes that have affected International relations.

Despite some “Cassandras” that have in the past foreseen the end of Diplomacy, the activities performed by diplomats continue to be particularly relevant. Diplomats have always shown a great adaptability to new tools and to changing conditions.

Stefano Baldi at TEDxBari – Why diplomats will never disappear from Stefano Baldi on Vimeo.

 

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

Charles Darwin

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Why Diplomats will never disappear

In his TEDx talk (TEDxBari 2015) Stefano Baldi, career diplomat, explains why diplomats maintain an important role even after many changes that have affected International relations. Despite some “Cassandras” that have in the past foreseen the end of Diplomacy, the activities performed by diplomats continue to be particularly relevant. Diplomats have always shown a great adaptability to new tools and to changing conditions.

Stefano Baldi at TEDxBari – Why diplomats will never disappear from Stefano Baldi on Vimeo.