How to train your brain to be more resilient

Setbacks and slumps are bound to happen at work. Here’s how you can proactively work to become more resilient.

One problem that many of us face is that we have not been adequately prepared to deal with things that go wrong. Our education system focuses primarily on rewarding students for getting correct answers—not for fixing mistakes. In addition, we’ve increasingly chosen to reward people for participation in events rather than success, which means that we do not get much practice with adversity.