Thursday 11 February 2016

The power of Resilience - creating success in your life



What is resilience?  

Be ready to define resilience after watching this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfw8JJ-eWM



Here is a great website   http://www.boingboing.org.uk/index.php/what-is-resilience

For teenagers:

http://understandingteenagers.com.au/blog/10-ways-to-develop-resilience-in-teenagers/


All of these TED Talks touch on the qualities of resilience.

Write a summary paragraph on one of the following TED Talks:

From this website: http://traviswright.com/best-ted-talks/

Brené Brown – The Power of Vulnerability 

John Wooden: The Difference Between Winning and Succeeding

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action 

The Key to Success, Grit:
https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit?language=en

The Power of Motivation:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sxpKhIbr0E

Overcoming Hopelessness:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P2nPI6CTlc

The Art of Being Yourself:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veEQQ-N9xWU

If you find another interesting video, please let me know!

Your Assignment 

In a paragraph  (at least 8-10 sentences), please answer the following:

How do you define resilience?  

What is the topic of the talk that you picked?  

Name two important points from the talk.

Connect the two important points to your own life.  

How can you be more resilient in your life? 

First, hand write your paragraph.  Show me for editing.
Next, type out your paragraph.
Finally, find a picture to represent resilience and save with your paragraph.  Please save in your Planning 10 folder.




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