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It gives your actions greater power because they emanate from your core values and core strength, something solid and genuine and authentic.\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EWe reach that level of emotional agility through a series of tiny steps, those seemingly insignificant everyday moments that add up over the course of a lifetime.\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1557\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002FNewsletter_The-Emotional-Agility-Manifesto-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002FNewsletter_The-Emotional-Agility-Manifesto-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002FNewsletter_The-Emotional-Agility-Manifesto-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002FNewsletter_The-Emotional-Agility-Manifesto-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002FNewsletter_The-Emotional-Agility-Manifesto-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \u002F\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EYou can start this journey today with what I call the “emotional agility manifesto.”\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAppoint yourself the agent of your own life\u003C\u002Fb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E and take ownership of your own development, career, creative spirit, work, and connections. Who do you want to be?\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EAccept your full self—both the so-called “good” and “bad” emotions, your strengths, your anxieties, the whole package—with compassion, courage, and curiosity. \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAcceptance is a prerequisite for change.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\u003C\u002Fblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EWelcome your inner experiences, breathe into them, and learn their contours without racing for the exit.\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEmbrace\u003C\u002Fb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E an evolving identity and \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003Cb\u003Erelease\u003C\u002Fb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E narratives that no longer serve you.\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELet go\u003C\u002Fb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E of unrealistic dead people’s goals by accepting that being alive means sometimes getting hurt, failing, being stressed, and making mistakes.\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EFree yourself from pursuing perfection so you can enjoy the process of loving and living.\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EOpen yourself up to the love that will come with hurt and the hurt that will come with love; to the success that will come with failure and the failure that will come with success. \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAbandon the idea of being fearless\u003C\u002Fb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E, and instead walk directly into your fears, with your values as your guide, toward what matters to you. \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECourage is not an absence of fear; courage is fear walking\u003C\u002Fb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E. \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EChoose courage over comfort\u003C\u002Fb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E by vitally engaging with new opportunities to learn and grow, rather than passively resigning yourself to your circumstances.\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERecognize\u003C\u002Fb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E that life’s beauty is inseparable from its fragility. We’re young, until we’re not. We’re healthy, until we’re not. We’re with those we love, until we’re not. \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ELearn how to \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003Cb\u003Ehear the heartbeat\u003C\u002Fb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003E of your own why. \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EAnd finally, remember to \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003Cb\u003Edance if you can.\u003C\u002Fb\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EThese wisdoms have guided me for many years and I hope you will find them as useful as I do. Emotional agility isn’t a one-time goal you accomplish or a gold medal you receive. \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EInstead, it’s a continuous process that requires persistent work. And it’s immensely helpful to use these small reminders to find your way back to it over and over again.\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n",excerpt:"\u003Cp\u003EEmotional agility is the absence of pretense and performance—in other words, it’s the ability to […]\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n",postBasics:{author:e},date:al,dateGmt:al,postId:942,tags:{nodes:[]},categories:{nodes:[{slug:o,name:i,parent:b}]},PostFlexibleContent:{flexibleContent:[]},previousPost:{node:{id:"cG9zdDoyMDk2",title:"How Organizations Get Resilience Wrong",slug:"how-organizations-get-resilience-wrong",uri:"\u002Farticle\u002Fhow-organizations-get-resilience-wrong\u002F",featuredImage:{node:{altText:a,mediaDetails:{height:C,width:n},mediaItemUrl:"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F07\u002FNewsletter_Outdated-Models-Of-Resilience.jpg",sourceUrl:"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F07\u002FNewsletter_Outdated-Models-Of-Resilience-1024x819.jpg",srcSet:"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F07\u002FNewsletter_Outdated-Models-Of-Resilience-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F07\u002FNewsletter_Outdated-Models-Of-Resilience-700x560.jpg 700w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F07\u002FNewsletter_Outdated-Models-Of-Resilience-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F07\u002FNewsletter_Outdated-Models-Of-Resilience-1536x1229.jpg 1536w"}},categories:{edges:[{node:{name:i}}],nodes:[{slug:o,name:i,parent:b}]},tags:{nodes:[{name:j,slug:k},{name:ae,slug:af},{name:ag,slug:ah},{name:g,slug:h},{name:ai,slug:aj}]},postBasics:{author:e,metaInfo:b,externalLink:b}}},nextPost:{node:{id:"cG9zdDo5NDQ=",title:"Creating Space Between Thinker and Thought",slug:"creating-space-between-thinker-and-thought",uri:"\u002Farticle\u002Fcreating-space-between-thinker-and-thought\u002F",featuredImage:{node:{altText:a,mediaDetails:{height:C,width:n},mediaItemUrl:"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002FNewsletter_Creating-Space-Between-Thinker-and-Thought.jpg",sourceUrl:"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002FNewsletter_Creating-Space-Between-Thinker-and-Thought-1024x819.jpg",srcSet:"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002FNewsletter_Creating-Space-Between-Thinker-and-Thought-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002FNewsletter_Creating-Space-Between-Thinker-and-Thought-700x560.jpg 700w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002FNewsletter_Creating-Space-Between-Thinker-and-Thought-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002FNewsletter_Creating-Space-Between-Thinker-and-Thought-1536x1229.jpg 1536w"}},categories:{edges:[{node:{name:i}}],nodes:[{slug:o,name:i,parent:b}]},tags:{nodes:[{name:l,slug:m},{name:g,slug:h}]},postBasics:{author:e,metaInfo:b,externalLink:b}}},isPreview:d,preview:b},sign_up_banner_data:{copy:"Join more than 150,000 people around the world – subscribe to the emotional agility community newsletter",link:{target:a,title:"Sign Up Today",url:p}},absoluteURL:b,shareModalOpen:d},"data-v-f4a71e8c:0":{data:{authorsName:e,authorsImage:{altText:a,mediaDetails:{height:am,width:am},mediaItemUrl:"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F02\u002Fsue-headshot1.jpg",sourceUrl:"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F02\u002Fsue-headshot1-1024x1024.jpg",srcSet:"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F02\u002Fsue-headshot1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F02\u002Fsue-headshot1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F02\u002Fsue-headshot1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F02\u002Fsue-headshot1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F02\u002Fsue-headshot1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F02\u002Fsue-headshot1-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F02\u002Fsue-headshot1.jpg 1674w"},authorsPosition:b,authorsShortBio:"Susan David, Ph.D. is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. Her TED Talk on the topic of emotional agility has been seen by more than 10 million people. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal and often appears on national radio and television. \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fabout\u002F\"\u003ELearn more\u003C\u002Fa\u003E.\r\n"}},"data-v-7f21c8ae:0":{data:{socialMediaLink:[{logo:q,url:r},{logo:s,url:t},{logo:u,url:v},{logo:w,url:x},{logo:y,url:z}]}},"data-v-4cb39b78:0":{posts:[{node:{id:"cG9zdDoyMjA5",title:"Transforming ‘Should’ into ‘Want’: How to Create Lasting Change",slug:"transforming-should-into-want-how-to-create-lasting-change",content:"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ESome years ago, I consulted for a hard-charging executive who cared little for his health. His constant travel made it difficult to establish good habits. He knew he was risking a shortened lifespan, but that wasn’t enough for him to make his health a priority. \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EThe executive and his wife had adopted a son from abroad. By his teenage years, the boy had developed into a gifted artist. One day, he showed his father a mournful self-portrait titled the “The Orphan,” but the version of himself depicted was present-day—a young man of 16, not the little boy they’d adopted years back.\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EThe executive asked about the title. Did his son still feel like an orphan? The boy burst into tears. He feared that his father’s lifestyle would soon rob him of yet another parent before he was ready. That finally did it. The executive turned his habits around.\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ESo many of us can relate to this as we struggle to change our habits and achieve new goals. Is there a challenge you want to meet in the months ahead? Have you previously attempted to reach this goal and failed? \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe key to success is to remember that a willing heart is more powerful than a wagging finger. \u003C\u002Fb\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\u003C\u002Fblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1571\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002FNewsletter_A-Wagging-Finger-or-a-Willing-Heart-1-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002FNewsletter_A-Wagging-Finger-or-a-Willing-Heart-1-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002FNewsletter_A-Wagging-Finger-or-a-Willing-Heart-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002FNewsletter_A-Wagging-Finger-or-a-Willing-Heart-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fwp.susandavid.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F12\u002FNewsletter_A-Wagging-Finger-or-a-Willing-Heart-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \u002F\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EThe thing to ask is not whether something is “right” or “wrong” but how it relates to the way you want to live your life. What kind of mental framework is providing the foundation for your change?\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EWe’re often bombarded with messages about what others think we should do (or we do this to those around us). Our goal is to deliver top-quality work to a client, so we admonish our staff when their product is subpar. We’re worried about a loved one’s smoking habit, so we reprimand them when we smell tobacco on their clothes. In the case of the executive, both his doctor and his wife pressured him to improve his health and both failed to spark change. Why? \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EBecause the values being pushed—abstract health benefits—weren’t his values. But the executive’s son recast the situation in a way that resonated deeply with his father. The “why” behind his goals were now clear.\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ERather than pressuring from the outside in, it’s more effective to cultivate change from the inside out. If you’re trying to encourage a shift in someone (or yourself), consider the values that they (or you) already hold. Here are a couple suggestions for how you might go about it.\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EConsider what the person’s values might be\u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fli\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003EThink of how you might frame the end goal in terms that align with these values. \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fli\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ENotice how the person is mentally framing the goal: Are they feeling defeated? Do they need encouragement? \u003C\u002Fspan\u003E\u003C\u002Fli\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ERemember that change is a process, not an event, and you must be patient with both yourself and others in the face of any transition. 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