{"id":8486,"date":"2020-10-05T07:43:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T11:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=8486"},"modified":"2020-10-05T07:50:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T11:50:52","slug":"build-emotional-strength-expand-your-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=8486","title":{"rendered":"Build Emotional Strength, Expand Your Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Eight years ago, while working as an assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor in Cleveland, Gayle Williams-Byers was in the throes of a serial killer case when she decided to take horseback-riding lessons.<\/p>\n

This summer, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic,\u00a0Ms. Williams-Byers<\/a>, 46, now a South Euclid Municipal Court judge, started free online classes in American Sign Language offered by Gallaudet University in Washington. She also took a webinar in labor trafficking. In recent years, she has enrolled in a variety of classes and workshops, including one on how to get a commercial driver\u2019s license \u2014 not something she plans to act on any time soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have a reason to use these things in my professional life, but learning helps me to focus better,\u201d Ms. Williams-Byers said. \u201cIt\u2019s also something that I have some control over. I take classes in subjects I am just wildly interested in learning about it. When I expand my brain, my wingspan is greater. It lets you get a little higher, to get above the headwinds.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ms. Williams-Byers\u2019 quest to understand something new is an example of what many career coaches, authors and experts view as a key factor to building the resilience necessary to weather setbacks and navigate life’s volatilty.<\/p>\n

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The theory: To deal effectively with change, it helps to be engaged in changing yourself. \u201cOne of the things that makes us resilient is that when we see a challenge, and when we face a struggle, we engage with it, rather than shut down,\u201d said\u00a0Simon Sinek,<\/a>\u00a0author of \u201cThe Infinite Game\u201d and \u201cStart With Why.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I have learned from my career is that something I learned over here helps me over there,\u201d he said. \u201cEven if I don\u2019t know that is happening, any kind of learning benefits all aspects of life.\u201d<\/p>\n