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Resilience vs. Insanity

Resilience :: the ability to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens. - Merriam-Webster
 Insanity :: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein
Read enough books on raising successful children and you'll see the words, "resilient" and "grit' come up time and time again. 

The more that your child is willing to work through a problem and not give in to immediate gratification, the higher the likelihood of him or her becoming successful in life.   

What's missing from the equation is the "why" or purpose of working through the problem of delaying gratification in the first place. 

As children, motivation may have been more extrinsic than intrinsic. But as adults, it's definitely become more intrinsic. (Although many companies would like to believe that throwing points, icons, and cash at you is motivation in itself). 

If you don't believe that there is any value or benefit to spending your life working on multi-year projects or working through an issue that can take months to resolve, are you being resilient or have you gone insane? 

Too many times we sign up for things at face value and are afraid to ask the question that continues to nag us throughout the day. 
"Why the f am I doing this?" 
It's up to all of us to have a valid answer to this question--  not a bunch of excuses like stability, security, status, etc..

If you don't have a valid answer, continue your search to find it.
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