Today, a reader of mine asked me if I could show him how to be more ‘anti-fragile.’
The idea was introduced by Nicholas Taleb in his book of the same name.
It refers to the process of not only withstanding adversity but actually thriving and improving in the face of challenges.
While everyone’s shivering in their boots about obstacles, your anti-fragile self is gearing up to grow.
This requires awareness.
Here are 7 ways you can develop anti-fragility, one of the most under spoken and powerful life skills:
Embrace the suck
In the movie ‘Jarhead,’ this was a phrase often grunted by soldiers during Desert Storm.
When you can find the good in the bad, you’l be able to weather horrors like war.
Think about how embracing adversity, even finding opportunities in hardship, can help you.
Actively learn from failure.
Most people get depressed over setbacks.
Antifragile people sit down and write down all the lessons from their mistakes.
They may even do as I do, which is to write a blog about the experience.
