Whether you’re facing a global or personal crisis – or a mix of both, building resilience can help you cope with stress, overcome adversity, and enjoy the better days to come.

We are often instructed to lead with our hearts. In the real world, how do we “lead with our hearts? These tips can turn this mantra into a mindset.

Compassion is a choice you can make it at any time. It requires no special schooling, no extra time or money, nada; but awareness and a decision to lead with love.

Why is it that some people seem to shine in any sphere in which they choose to exert themselves, and others cannot manage even a glimmer despite obvious talent? Research shows that it’s the way that they think about their ability that really counts.

In the past few days, I’ve heard so many disheartening stories of people showing their worst (like fighting over toilet paper at Costco). I’ve also heard uplifting, inspiring stories of people reaching out to help others, like a young couple who are running errands for their elderly neighbors who have no family nearby. 

The word Buddha means The Awakened One, coming from the Sanskrit root budh – ‘to wake’.

The Buddha spoke of the three fires in one of his talks.

The beauty of Buddhism lies in its simple teachings and values of independent effort and learning. We can build these teachings down even further – ‘Not to do any evil; to cultivate good; to purify one’s heart – this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.’

The Buddha taught to all classes, conditions and types of men and women; and, indeed, all beings.

I’ve learned to use failure as fuel for the growth of my life. Here are my personal tips for failing forward.

I have found that in the daily simple act of living with hope, and in the attentive effort to have a positive impact in the world.

Your inner life is the realm of your private thoughts and values. Your emotions, fantasies, spirituality, capacity to love, desires, and sense of purpose. In other words, your inner life is who you are on the inside. It is where you deal with your emotions, your degree of self-awareness, your sense of clarity about life, and your capacity for calm.

Our perception of our reality is based on our beliefs. Our beliefs are the lens we see the world. When we wear an orange lens, everything would have a tint of orange. Whatever bit of orange that’s out there would become magnified. On the other hand, even if there’s no orange in some places, we would see orange in them, because that’s the base color of our lens.

We need to experience something directly in order to really learn what it’s about. This is wisdom, as opposed to knowledge much like you’d acquire in a class at school, a parrot-like type of learning that serves as a nice basis for establishing the necessary foundation for certain larger tasks, but which can serve little real use elsewhere particularly in advancing your well-being.

Compassion is one of the most revered qualities in Buddhism and great compassion is a sign of a highly realized human being.