• Rather than experiencing a position of impossibility, and therefore a situation without hope or remedy, intelligent leaders showed the capacity to see what is possible and to set a plan of action with concrete steps to create the envisioned positive state.
• Irrepressible resilience is different from persistence. Persistence is perseverance or sticking with particular actions or thoughts until a goal is achieved, whereas resilience is a quality present in an individual that allows him or her to maintain a certain strength against adversity.
• Years of subsequent research taught Siebert that those who survive (and thrive) often respond to challenge with humour, wisdom, and mental and emotional flexibility.

Appreciative Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn