Resilience - Many Questions

     "Characteristics such as high level of intellectual functioning, efficient self-regulation, active coping styles, optimism, and secure attachment were observed in youth who had faced adverse situations and settings, yet did not succumb to the adverse impact of extreme stress." 

       Wu G et al. Understanding resilience. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 2013; 7: 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00010 

     What proportion, if any, of people who fulfill the criteria for resilience above, continue to evolve to their full human capacity? What model do each of us use as to how far we can possibly evolve? How well do each of us know ourselves and where we ourselves are approximately on this trajectory? What priority and energy do we put into this journey of a lifetime?

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