Episode 359: Bouncing Back Unleashing the Power of Resilience

? Hey Jumpers! Have you ever wondered what sets apart those who crumble under life's pressures from those who seem to effortlessly bounce back, stronger than ever? In a world filled with unpredictable twists and turns, where challenges and setbacks often seem to be lurking around every corner, one thing becomes abundantly clear: resilience is the secret sauce to success. In today’s episode of  "Bella in Your Business: Pet Industry Business Podcast,"  we will discuss the importance of resilience. Life throws tough challenges, but resilience is about bouncing back. Surrounding yourself with positive influences and a support system can make all the difference. Facing fears head-on and taking responsibility for your actions are crucial. Conquering fears is empowering, and personal growth comes from owning up to mistakes. I also want to remind you about "Better Marketing with Bella," designed to help small businesses improve their marketing and customer base. As a special offer for our listeners, there's a discount on the program. If you need marketing help, let's connect for a 20-minute call to discuss your goals and how I can assist you. Always remember that resilience is key. Surround yourself with positivity, confront your fears, take responsibility, and make small changes for big transformations. You've got this! Topics & Key Points: Understanding resilience The entrepreneur's journey: Loneliness and challenges Harnessing your inner resilience The power of positive influence Small changes, big transformations Better marketing with Bella Timestamps: [00:00:59] Resilience: definition and importance [00:02:00] Finding resilience: Mel Robbins' five-second rule [00:03:50] Choosing resilience and bouncing back [00:09:02] Resilience and self-control [00:09:58] Feeding your mind with positive content [00:10:51] Habit stacking and influences Notable Quotes: [00:01:39]” Resilience is the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties. Toughness, the remarkable resilience of so many institutions or to the ability of a substance or an object to spring back into shape.” [00:04:08] “If you always keep jumping, you're never going to stay down. If you always keep jumping, you're going to be resilient.” [00:06:47] “Those little fall downs, those falling off the wagons, those failures. There are great lessons in those.” [00:09:02] “When you realize that you can only control yourself and you're not responsible for other people's emotions or actions, it's very freeing’ Resources: Podcast: Bella in Your Business: Pet Industry Business Podcast Join Mastermind Email Bella: [email protected] Sign up for a 20 mins call  Habits and Behaviors Of Successful Pet Business Owners Connect with Bella Website Facebook YouTube Did you love this episode? If you liked this episode, please head on over to iTunes and leave a five-star rating and review. Every single review helps get this community bigger, stronger, and better. It gets other jumpers just like you into the community. Always remember when life gets down, always keep jumping. Transcript: Welcome to another episode of Bella in Your Business. My name is Bella Vasta. And wow, you guys really loved the episode last week all about fear. I got a lot of emails from you. And a lot of them are pretty personal. But I just want to say I see you, I feel you. And I'm proud of you. Because a lot of times, a lot of you guys have been hit with some pretty heavy stuff we all have. But sometimes some of the messages I got, like y'all have been hit with pretty hard stuff, all at the same time. And that does, you know, make you want to be paralyzed in fear. So, my friends, I want to say if you've not listened to the last episode, go ahead and listen to that, because it really, truly was remarkable. And I am excited today to talk about something that kind of, you know, goes hand in hand with fear. And that's resilience. Today, we're going to talk all about resilience, because I think that it's kind of a really big thing in my life. And in my story, if you know my story, and it's also something that is the signature in everything I do always keep jumping, and I'm gonna get into that today. But let's first start, we're gonna go to like Webster's Dictionary here. Resilience is the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties, toughness, the remarkable resilience of so many institutions, or to the ability of a substance or an object to spring back into shape. elasticity, like nylon is excellent in wearable and resilience. That's kind of a weird example. But thank you, Webster. So it's about springing back, it's about always keep jumping, it's about I always say, always keep jumping, because if you keep that momentum going, then you're never gonna be able to stay down, you're gonna have that momentum and momentum breeds, like history, essentially, like, you know, you keep the momentum going, you're gonna keep going and going and going and going, right? And you're never going to be staying down. So how do you find resilience? Because, again, like, we have a fear that helps prevent us from not moving forward things. But what about, you know, okay, if we get a good handle on the fear, which is why I want you to listen to the last episode first, and use some of the tactics that I mentioned, like finding out facts, facts will kill fear. Now, how do we be resilient? And I think a lot of it, I mean, what comes to my mind is the Mel Robbins 54321, where you just like literally count down 54321, and then you do something. Now it can be tiny little ones, and you keep 5432. And one yourself, and you guys have seen this if you're on my Instagram, Bella Vasta. But once you get over that fear, or you make that decision that you're not going to be like, you know, held down by fear, then you can push past it, you can push past it by doing that 54321 By taking that first step forward. And how do you always keep up, get back up? It's a choice. I mean, at the end of the day, it's a choice, are you going to stay down? Or are you going to be elastic? Are you going to snap back into who you are? Or where? Or what place the life you believe in before? Is it a choice to be resilient? It is? It's are you going to keep working on it? Are you going to be able to surround yourself with the people that you need? And the encouragement and the influence that you need? Or are you going to just stay down? Is 100% a choice? How do you get back up other than like I mean, and that's why I always say keep jumping. That's why it's like the moment that that happened. I don't even know how many years ago, maybe nine years ago, it was like, yep, that's my motto. That's what I'm putting on everything, put it on T shirt T-shirts, put it on necklaces, put it on bracelets, it's everywhere. Because it's true. Because if you always keep jumping, you're never going to stay down. If you always keep jumping, you're going to be resilient. And what happens when you're resilient? It means that you're never stuck in the rut. It means that you're always transforming back to the status quo. It means that you're never pushed down and you stay down. And I know there's a lot of you right now hurting and agonizing and depressed and feeling alone. I'll tell you being a business owner is one of the loneliest jobs out there. Unless you're around other business owners on a daily, nobody understands what you go through. Nobody understands how you work so much, but sometimes it doesn't look like you do or you lay awake at night worrying about things. Being a business owner being an entrepreneur is a lonely job. So like what do you do when you do fall off the wagon? It's like when you are knocked down right? Maybe you were doing daily affirmations and just stopped or maybe you were like, I'm gonna eat good. But yesterday you had Burger King and Chipotle, because you were busy. And truth be told you did not plan and take food in the car with you. Maybe you said you were going to work on your business one hour a week, Monday through Friday for a month, to see how far you actually could get on it with no distractions, but you haven't had the discipline to do that. So now you start beating yourself up in your head. Or maybe you just wanted to start saving money in the business or personally or both. And instead of saving that money, it just feels like you can't get to that point. And saving $5 a week just feels so tiny. So you're not going to do it. Not understanding that it's about the discipline of it, and the habit of it, and not necessarily the monetary amount right now. Or maybe you fell off the wagon by you weren't going to smoke anymore, or you weren't going to drink anymore, and you just you know, gave in and did it because, you know, football Sunday was here and other people were doing it and you're like, Oh, what the heck, I'll just do it today. And you broke a streak, you broke your promise to it to yourself, you fell, you fell off the wagon. Or maybe you wanted to journal more, instead of flipping out or lashing out or dancing more or some sort of a strs relief to help you manage your stress or your grief or your sorrows in your life. Or maybe you didn't want to yell at your kids and you just lost it. It could I could go on and on. It doesn't matter how you fell off the wagon. It's gonna be different for everybody. But why do you snap back? What about falling off the wagon and getting yourself back up is the thing that makes you want to be resilient, that makes you want to snap back into the shape that you were before all. It's learning those little fall downs, those falling off the wagons, those failures, there are great lessons in those. And I will also tell you something else, most of the time, it's not about the action of what you did, like maybe not eating well, or drinking or smoking or not saving money or affirmations,