Goals big and small can be the stepping-stones to a happier life and the way we set them can make a difference to achieving them

Work-life’s inevitable uncertainties instantly arouse our fight-or-flight reaction.  Will I get a good enough raise? Will my colleagues like my presentation? Your survival brain is constantly updating your world, making judgments about what's safe and what isn't. It will do almost anything for the sake of certainty because you’re hardwired to overestimate threats and underestimate your ability to handle them.

Resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.