Odyssey Magazine Issue 4 | Page 60

Keys to Building Resilience as a Business Owner 10 Let’s face it, being a small business owner is not plain sailing. As entrepreneurs, we can learn to navigate the increasingly turbulent waters of daily life and business by adopting a more resilient mind-set. Resilience is more than recovery or simply bouncing back from adversity. Rather, it is a set of skills and practices that allow us to thrive or flourish – in the face of challenge, change and uncertainty and in spite of the high emotional charges that accompany such conditions. I like to see resilience as a form of mastery. Wendy Ward offers 10 tips to bolster your resilience. ODYSSEY?60 •? DIGIMAG