Society has an unhealthy obsession with resilience and grit
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Ideothetic Flow Hi! When playing poker, knowing when to fold is a key skill. It is better to cut losses and move on, than over-commit on a bad hand and lose far more. Real life, however, is less supportive of folding your hands so quickly. Words like discipline, resilience, hardiness, toughness, and more recently - Grit, are heard often and overvalued above other traits. I think it is worth questioning whether these traits (which I mention interchangeably in this reflection) really should be given so much emphasis.
Society has an unhealthy obsession with resilience and grit
Society has an unhealthy obsession with…
Society has an unhealthy obsession with resilience and grit
Ideothetic Flow Hi! When playing poker, knowing when to fold is a key skill. It is better to cut losses and move on, than over-commit on a bad hand and lose far more. Real life, however, is less supportive of folding your hands so quickly. Words like discipline, resilience, hardiness, toughness, and more recently - Grit, are heard often and overvalued above other traits. I think it is worth questioning whether these traits (which I mention interchangeably in this reflection) really should be given so much emphasis.