Meet Bry Reinhardt

We were lucky to catch up with Bry Reinhardt recently and have shared our conversation below.

Bry, we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?

To me to me, resilience is a matter of getting up when you’re down. And, most importantly, being okay with the initial fall.

I get my resilience from the many trials I’ve taken throughout my life to discover new experiences, acquire new talents, and most importantly, reveal things that I did not like or was not good at. If you get too comfortable with what you know, you will lose sight of that feeling of being uncomfortable. What I mean is this. Getting comfortable with the feeling of being uncomfortable, is a huge asset. This is required to be resilient. As soon as I feel comfortable with anything I’m doing, I know that I am not challenging myself. I am not failing.

In actuality, a failure is simply an opportunity to do better, or to do something else. This mindset has helped me build resilience overtime. I attribute some of this mentality to an early mentor of mine from high school. I used to be very shy, and I wanted to break out of this. I decided to do some thing that would make me very uncomfortable. I joined Youth and Government, which required me to speak in front of an audience of 100 students. I was mortified when I got up to the stand. However, the feeling of thrill and accomplishment I felt after I stepped off the podium ignited my interest in forever pursuing the uncomfortable.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Three qualities that were most impactful in my journey are curiosity, dedication, and enthusiasm.

Step 1. Be Curious.

In order to reach your full potential, you need to be curious. You need to question your way of thinking in order to find new ways, and better ways, to do something. This also opens you up to new opportunities, new experiences, and new relationships. If you are stagnant, and comfortable, you may miss the opportunity of your life.

Step 2. Dedicate yourself.
Once you are curious, and you find new opportunities for growth, you must be dedicated to your success. An opportunity may appear, and you may even seize that opportunity initially. However, if you fail to dedicate yourself to this experience, you will waste your energy. Importantly, you may not find or experience the true growth that could result from it. Be dedicated to yourself, maintain your focus, and good things will follow. Maybe it sounds cliche, but read step 3.

Step 3. Be enthusiastic.
Dedication is the heart of this three step formula,. And, it can be exhausting to dedicate yourself to various pursuits, career, goals, relationships, etc. The way to combat burnout is to maintain a good attitude. Here’s an example from the book, “How to Win Friends, and Influence People,” by Dale Carnagie that helps me visualize this step. One chapter describes golden retriever energy. It goes like this. Dogs are consistently excited to meet new people and explore the world. If you go up to someone with a smile on your face, with no expectations, and if you are willing to see from their point of view fully prepared to disagree yet still have a good interaction, good things will follow. Extend this enthusiasm to anything you do. Sure something may seem difficult to do, but focus on the exciting challenge in front of you. Consider the growth. Get absorbed in the journey.
Be enthusiastic in what you do. If you cannot maintain enthusiasm, you probably shouldn’t be doing whatever it is you’re doing in the first place.

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