# Developing the Quality

> Four habits that build inner resilience: finding value in hard situations, learning from every event, acts of kindness and using humour to ease tension.

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- Last updated: 2026-10-15
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Bolstering your inner resilience requires concerted effort. Some ways in which we can develop our resilience are:

Resilience can be developed through deliberate effort and four everyday habits. Resilient people look for value in difficult situations, treat each event as a chance to learn rather than labelling it good or bad, practise kindness and service, and use playful humour to ease tension. Together these habits strengthen the inner resilience needed at work.

Last updated 15 Oct 2026 · Bodhih Insights team · reviewed by [Siddharthan VGJ](https://bodhih.com/siddharthan-vgj/), Founder

1. Pump up your positivity – resilient people are able to find redeeming value even in negative or trying circumstances. This quality distinguishes resilient people from those who are not.
2. Live to learn – The more you are willing to look upon every happening in life as an opportunity rather than characterise it as good or bad builds your [resilience](https://bodhih.com/workplace-resilience-training/).
3. Open your heart – Acts of kindness and service boost up serotonin and have a cumulative effect.
4. Hang on to humor – Playful humor enhances survival and reduces tension to a moderate level.

## Quick answers

### What habits help build personal resilience?

Four habits help: pumping up positivity by finding value in negative circumstances, living to learn by treating each event as an opportunity, opening your heart through acts of kindness and service, and holding on to humour, which reduces tension. Practised consistently, these habits build the inner resilience that helps people recover from setbacks at work.