Military Lessons on Resilience

I need to work on my emotional intelligence... and other things I learnt from an 'empathetic beefcake'

Adversity is one of life’s few guarantees, so resilience: the ability to adapt in response to challenges is key to a good life. I used to think that resilience was an inherent trait or something you developed only when you had life-altering experiences, however a chance encounter with a former army man taught me that I was wrong. James Elliott, author o…