New Delhi, May 25 -- Life is challenging by design, and most of us show up every day despite our daily struggles and do the best we can at work and at home. Human resilience, or expanding our capacity to manage life's challenges and continue to move forward, becomes essential to ride the unpredictable and rocky waves of life with grace. It is a life skill that we can all master.

The challenges coming our way are an opportunity for learning and growth, and some challenges are particularly long and arduous. Meeting those challenges with sincere hard work and good faith, allows us to expand our lives into the ones we are meant to lead. I recently met Anupam Gulati, 47, director of culinary, Ritz Carlton hotel in Bengaluru, who has had 10-12...