人生无常，困难重重。
面对生活当中的种种艰难困苦，为什么有些人能挺过来，变得更加坚韧，而有些人却感到绝望，成为命运的奴隶？这是因为，前面那种人的内心里有着强大的复原力（resilience）。在组织层面也是如此——有些组织遭受打击后一蹶不振，有些组织却越挫越勇。
许多劫后余生的人都有一种奇特的想法：庆幸自己遭受过那样的劫难。而且，一些人变得更加坚强和满足，似乎找到了以前从未有过的平静和乐观。无论现实多么残酷， 旧有的生活已经结束，我们必需要开始热情的拥抱新的生活。
复原力强的个人和公司都必须具有三大特征。首先，要勇于正视现实、保持冷静，而不是盲目乐观，这样我们才能经受住艰难困苦的考验。第二，在危难时刻仍能积极寻找生活的真谛，这需要我们拥有坚定的价值观，因为只有这样我们不至于被困苦压垮，而是仍然能够看到生活当中积极的一面。第三，能够随机应变，善于利用现有条件解决问题，那些能在困难和逆境中生存的公司往往把随机应变解决问题的能力视为核心技能。
－－哈佛商业评论观点
译文:
Recovering From Calamities
Life is transcient and unpredictable, filled with difficulties.
When faced with all kinds of difficulties and hardships in life, some people come through them and become more tenacious, while some other people feel hopeless and become slaves to fate. How does it happen? The reason for the disparity is that the former have strong resilience in their minds. It is also true when it comes to the institutions--some are unable to recover after a setback, but to others, the more they suffer, the stronger they become.
Many people who have suffered great calamities have queer ideas that they are lucky to encounter those misfortune and disasters. And some of them grow stronger and feel more contented, feeling so calm and optimistic that they have never felt before. No matter how cruel the reality is, just let bygones be bygones, what we need to do is to embrace a new life with enthusiasm.
Individuals and companies with great resilience have three main charateristics. First of all, be brave and keep calm instead of being blindly optimistic. Only in this way can we endure the difficulties and hardships we encounter. Secondly, be positive to search for the truth of life. Do not give up even at a hard time. We must have unswering belief so that we will not be defeated by the difficulties and hardships, and still, be able to the positve side of life. Thirdly, be flexible and make use of the existing conditions to solve problems. Those companies who can survive the hardships and adversities often regard problem-solving ability as the core skills.
－－Harvard Business Review