What do you do if your partnership is struggling and you need to enhance resilience with a growth mindset?

1 Assess your situation

The first step is to assess your situation objectively and honestly. What are the main issues or problems that you and your partners are facing? How are they affecting your performance, communication, and relationship? How do you feel about them? Are you blaming yourself or others, or are you taking responsibility and seeking solutions? Try to identify the root causes of your challenges and the factors that you can control or influence. Avoid making assumptions or judgments about your partners' intentions or motivations. Instead, focus on the facts and the outcomes that you want to achieve.

3 Embrace challenges

The third step is to embrace challenges as opportunities for learning and growth. Instead of avoiding or fearing difficulties, see them as chances to test your skills, to stretch your potential, and to discover new possibilities. Adopt a growth mindset that believes that you can improve your partnership through effort, feedback, and learning. Seek feedback from your partners and other sources, and use it to improve your performance and relationship. Celebrate your progress and achievements, and acknowledge your partners' efforts and successes. Learn from your mistakes and failures, and view them as feedback, not as setbacks.

4 Cultivate optimism

The fourth step is to cultivate optimism in your partnership. Optimism is the expectation that things will work out well in the future, and that you have the ability and the resources to overcome obstacles and achieve your goals. Optimism helps you to cope with stress, to boost your motivation, and to inspire your partners. To cultivate optimism, you need to focus on the positive aspects of your situation, to envision your desired outcomes, and to take action to make them happen. You also need to avoid negative thinking, such as catastrophizing, overgeneralizing, or personalizing.

5 Support each other

The fifth step is to support each other in your partnership. Support is the provision of emotional, practical, or informational help that enhances your partners' well-being and performance. Support helps you to build a strong bond, to share your challenges and successes, and to motivate and encourage each other. To support each other, you need to be available, attentive, and responsive to your partners' needs and requests. You also need to show appreciation, recognition, and gratitude for your partners' support and contribution.

6 Seek help when needed

The sixth step is to seek help when needed in your partnership. Help is the assistance or advice that you obtain from others to solve your problems or to improve your situation. Help can come from various sources, such as mentors, coaches, consultants, peers, or experts. Seeking help can help you to gain new perspectives, insights, or skills, to access valuable resources or networks, or to overcome challenges or barriers. To seek help, you need to be willing to admit your limitations, to ask for help clearly and respectfully, and to accept and apply the help that you receive.

7 Here’s what else to consider

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