#WorkMomSays that resilience is a critical skill for personal and professional success. In this episode, learn how to maintain composure through life’s ups and downs by developing resilience. Discover strategies for managing emotions, building a support network, and learning continuously so you can handle challenges with a calm and steady approach. Themes discussed in this episode Understanding resilience and its importance in the workplace Strategies for emotional regulation and self-care Building a strong support network for professional and personal growth Continuous learning and shifting mindset to handle setbacks Practical techniques for reframing challenges as opportunities Episode Highlights Timestamped inflection points from the show 00:20 – Introduction to resilience: Understanding resilience as a skill to quickly regain composure after facing disruptions. 01:25 – Early career experience and a story of resilience: An example of staying calm during a company financial crisis. 05:07 – Defining resilience in a professional context: How managing emotions and adapting to challenges is key. 7:54 – Self-care as a foundation for resilience: The importance of physical and mental well-being to maintain composure. 09:00 – Emotional regulation as part of resilience: Managing mood and emotions effectively in the workplace. 11:10 – Building a support network: Creating a system of mentors and friends to navigate workplace challenges. 12:14 – Continuous learning and mindset shifts: The importance of learning about resilience and reframing challenges as opportunities. Links Connect with me on LinkedIn. Order my book! Transcript 00:12 Hello, I’m Lori Jo Vest. Thank you so much for joining me for this episode of Work Mom Says “Don’t Be An Idiot!” Today we’re going to talk about how to grow your resilience. Resilience is a really important skill. And basically what it means is that when something happens, good, bad or otherwise, you are able to quickly get back to your normal setting.  For example, if you are on the phone, you hear something terrible happened. When you get off the phone, maybe you have a client meeting. Resilience means that you can take some deep breaths, put that aside, get to it later, and face the next thing you encounter from that strong foundation of calm and stability.  Because resilience is- it’s one of those things that if you can be the calm in the storm—that would be another way I would define it—if you can be the calm in the storm when crazy things are happening, when things are chaotic, you’ll be the one that people rely on when things go crazy, because they’ll know you’ll be the one that’ll be, you know, steady and stable. And, you know, I’ll give you a quick story. 01:25 I’ve told this one before, but you may not have heard it if you didn’t catch the episode. Early in my career, I worked for a company that was a television production studio. I was recruited into this organization. And at the time I remember thinking, ‘If they hired a recruiter, recruiters are expensive, so they must have a lot of money. This must be a really solid company.’ And they hired me for marketing. They hired a gentleman named Tom for sales. And Tom felt so strongly about this company and its possible success that he moved his wife from Chicago to Metro Detroit. She was six months pregnant. She had a really good job at Bloomingdale’s.  And about I’d say two months after the hirings and—you know, Tom and I were settling into our jobs and there were about 20 other people at the company. It was a small company, but we were doing great, you know, great work for big organizations, for automotive companies like Ford, lots of great things were happening—and we found out that the major financial backer, the silent pa