GRIT PROGRAM

We are trained to the highest level to perform our duties quickly and efficiently, placing these duties before personal desires and comforts. We perform these duties and skills, and then something happens. We experience something that we were not prepared for, and maybe we are unable to process that situation, but we still did our job and got through it. So we think. If we do not effectively process the thoughts and emotions that we experienced during that situation, it can become a long-term problem. We use modalities like 
You hear the words 'Grit' or 'Resiliency' thrown around. What do they mean, and how do I become more GRITTY or Resilient? Veterans and Emergency workers are dealing with this every day 
 

grit

n. a personality trait characterized by perseverance and passion for achieving long-term goals. Grit entails working strenuously to overcome challenges and maintaining effort and interest over time despite failures, adversities, and plateaus in progress. Recent studies suggest this trait may be more relevant than intelligence in determining a person’s high achievement. For example, grit may be particularly important to accomplishing an especially complex task when there is a strong temptation to give up altogether. 

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resilience

n. the process and outcome of successfully adapting to challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands. Several factors contribute to how well people adapt to adversities, predominant among them (a) how individuals view and engage with the world, (b) the availability and quality of social resources, and (c) specific coping strategies. Psychological research demonstrates that the resources and skills associated with more positive adaptation (i.e., greater resilience) can be cultivated and practiced. Also called psychological resilience. See also coping behavior; coping-skills training. —resilient adj.