Understanding Resilience

This lesson defines resilience as the capacity to recover, adapt, and keep functioning when demands rise or conditions change. It separates resilience from toughness, optimism, or simply “pushing through,” and shows why resilience matters for steady performance, judgment, and wellbeing under pressure.

Professor Daniel Martin introduces a practical lens: resilient people are not unaffected by stress; they respond more effectively, regain balance faster, and use support, habits, and reflection to stay effective. The lesson focuses on what resilience is, what it is not, and how it shows up in everyday work and life.