Like most skills, resilience and adaptability are capabilities that can be developed but the biggest determinant of their ultimate effectiveness is mindset.

Resilience Consultant and Speaker, Bill Hefferman, joins us to share what he's learned about resilience and adaptability in his over 20 years of studying and teaching others. Professionally, Bill guides teams and leaders through tough issues and challenging times.

****True Snacks is a bite-sized learning excerpt from the full What Do You Know To Be True? podcast episode. To watch the full episode: https://whatdoyouknowtobetrue.com/video/resilience-and-adaptability-with-bill-hefferman ****

An expert facilitator and engaging instructor, for over 30 years Bill has led initiatives across a range of companies, countries, and cultures. Known as a passionate expert on leading for resilience and adaptability, Bill offers practical principles, tools, and techniques for all to grow and flourish through the nonstop adversity and uncertainty that’s so much a part of our world today.

In this episode, Bill answers the following questions:
- What it means to be resilient? What does it mean to have resilience?
- What it means to have adaptability?
- What makes a person resilient and adaptable?
- What builds resilience? What builds adaptability?
- How do we build resilience and adaptability in others?

I am grateful whenever I get to hear Bill share his experiences in both learning and teaching others about resilience and adaptability. I love how he breaks down that while resilience does help with dealing with stress and adversity, it is resilience and adaptability that help us bounce forward and becoming stronger because we went through that challenge. Bill shared an important perspective from Kelly McGonigal that I think is worth remembering, a well-lived life is not a stress-free life.

For more information on Bill Hefferman: https://www.billhefferman.com/

“True Snacks” is a series of excerpts from the "What Do You Know To Be True?" podcast. The purpose behind this series to share some of the key learning moments from the podcast.

Music in this episode created by Ian Kastner.

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is a series of conversations where I speak with interesting people about their special talent or superhero power and the meaningful impact it has on others. The intention is to learn more about their experience with their superpower, so that we can learn something about the special talent in each of us which allows us to connect more deeply with our purpose and achieve our potential.

For more information about the podcast or to check out more episodes, go to: https://whatdoyouknowtobetrue.com/

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is hosted by Roger Kastner, is a production of Three Blue Pens, and is recorded on the ancestral lands of the Duwamish and Suquamish people. To discover the ancestral lands of the indigenous people whose land you may be on, go to: https://native-land.ca/