A KAWA on Resilience
Resilience: The Secret to Inner Strength
Mental resilience makes it easier to withstand negative influences and continue to develop throughout life without becoming mentally ill.
What is Resilience?
There are two answers to this question, a simple one and a complicated one. The simple one: Resilience is a special mental strength that helps withstand stress – a pronounced optimistic attitude. A resilient person is not derailed by setbacks but quickly gets back on their feet and manages their life as before. This is the interpretation found in self-help guides or heard at weekend seminars on better crisis management.
Now also available as a package in color, with a black and white template and a blank template for self-design.
What does KAWA actually mean?
KAWA, according to Vera F. Birkenbihl, is an acronym and stands for: Kreative Ausbeute von Wort-Assoziationen (Creative Exploitation of Word Associations). But KAWA is easier to remember. KAWAs can be made on all topics that interest you.
How about your own KAWA and why does this technique work?
First, write the topic in large letters in the middle. I always use the paper horizontally for this and draw the letters so that they can be colored later. In our Mindmap template ring binder, KAWAs are drawn on the left white page. Now let your thoughts wander and consider what comes to mind about the term and what would be important enough to write down. The rule of the game: What is written down must begin with one of the letters in the middle. The smaller the term, the fewer letters you have available, and the more you have to think. The lack of letters ensures that you have to think more intensely about a topic. By the way, it is not mandatory to fill every letter. And: There is no right or wrong with KAWA. An example: Suppose you want to create a KAWA about your best friend Eva, then you only have three letters available. However, you can use them multiple times. Perhaps E stands for elegant, successful, eloquent, for V you find her trustworthy, crazy, and in love, and for A you have associated silly and single. If your best friend had been named Hannelore, you would, of course, have had more letters available.
KAWA becomes KAGA
If you also dress the whole thing in many pictures, your KAWA becomes a KAGA, and the G then stands for Graphic Design. I often write in KAWA form during meetings. That keeps me awake, no matter how unimportant or boring a meeting is. And I catch everything. Here's an example on the topic: Have fun, Jens Voigt
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