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Building Creative Resilience Amidst Challenging Times

As we navigate an era defined by rapid change, uncertainty, and global challenges, the need to cultivate resilience has never been more relevant. Economic fluctuations, technological advances, social shifts, and global crises can make daily life feel overwhelming. Amidst these turbulent times, many people find themselves asking: “How can I stay grounded and move forward?” “How can I overcome these obstacles and thrive?” These questions point to the need for a particular type of resilience, one that not only helps us recover from adversity but also enables us to adapt, innovate, and grow.

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The Wonder of You

When advising business leaders, entrepreneurs, and business owners, I often steer them away from massive social media investments. If you’re familiar with my work at Tracking Wonder, you know I’m not “anti-social media.” Certain platforms hold specific value for particular brands and purposes. The key is discernment and agency.

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To Change the Future, Imagine and Make It

Creative intelligence, as I define it, is the capacity to generate both novel and useful insights and then discern and act upon the best of them. Creative intelligence is something each human being possesses on a spectrum – and creative intelligence is activated collectively with others.

Let me offer some perspective on how powerful – and not passive – our activated imagination and creative intelligence can be to bring about the change we desire.

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Awe at work drops reactivity

Living in a constant state of fight-or-flight can be exhausting. It wears down our bodies, affects our well-being, and makes it hard to focus and think creatively. It can also make us feel isolated.

I’ve been curious about how we can break this cycle of automatic reactions without ignoring the tough issues.

Can enjoying simple things, like looking at the sky, really change how we react in conflicts?
If you’re skeptical, let’s look at the science for a moment.