Being engaged is applying yourself in a sincere and dedicated way that leaves you feeling fulfilled. Have fun at work, laugh. Research shows humor at work is immensely powerful. It breeds trust, gives you a sense of ease, and a little humor can improve work-life balance.

It increases bonding, enhances work performance, increases blood flow, and heart rate, and decreases burnout and joy may spill over at home.

I have heard that some people are born resilient, it's genetic, or it's obtained through life Experiences.  Science says that the resources and skills associated with resilience can be cultivated and practiced. In keeping with the KISS principle, it’s the ability to bounce forward after setbacks due to barriers and obstacles put in front of you.  In a nutshell, it's Survival mode. In my younger life while serving in the United States Army we were told to be all you can be on the battlefield and in your sport. My sport was boxing, and my skill level allowed me to compete at elite levels nationwide and worldwide. Back then everyone was gearing up for the 1980 Olympics games in Moscow. I trained in the rain, sleet, snow, hail, and even ran up mountains. While stationed in the Republic of South Korea we got word infiltrators had entered the county from the DMZ raided a village and killed people including pregnant women not far from where I was stationed. I had to keep going, nothing was going to stop me. Through All Army Sports, I was determined to unleash my athletic potential on a global stage. The famous artist Picasso once said he dreamed of his paintings and then he painted his dreams. That is where my mindset was. Very early one morning while doing my roadwork, there was the body of a man lying by the side of the road, he was dead, I whispered come on, If I had been approached at that time there would have been hell to pay. When I returned there were soldiers with their dogs dressed in camouflage white to blend in with the snow searching for someone. Shortly thereafter I was back in the United States at the All-Army training camp and due to injury and disconnect with my coaches I was fired, that was a major setback for me I was hurt and very angry had worked extremely hard to get where I was. The military had served its purpose for me, and I had to be resilient and move forward. One day while sitting in a tavern (bar) I got a tap on the shoulder, and I turned around. It was Kenny Adams, my former trainer, Olympic boxer, one of the greatest professional boxing trainers in the world, and the 1988 Olympic boxing coach. He asked me if I had heard, and I said heard what, he said the guys that I had trained with had died in an airplane crash in Warsaw Poland. March 14th, 1980, was one of the darkest days in American sports history. I was hurt by the loss but very grateful to have been fired. It was another one of life's close calls for me. I asked Kenny where he was headed, and he said Las Vegas to his boxing stable he had started. Asked me if I would like to come. I told him I was trying to set up a date with Cliff Magic Thomas, the light-weight kickboxing world champion. We shook hands and that was it.