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Antifragility is a property of systems/beings/businesses in which they increase in capability and resilience to thrive as a result of stressors, pressure, attacks, shocks, volatility, and temporary mistakes/failures.[1]
Characteristics of antifragility:
- Antifragile systems have the ability to thrive in the face of stressors, mistakes, and failures.
- Antifragile systems can benefit from these stressors (Become stronger, etc.).
- Antifragile systems are more effective in the long term, however sometimes they're less efficient in the short term.
The term anti-fragility is often used in relation to psychology/personal development, economics, business and organizations.
The article Unlocking Human Potential: Antifragile Conflict & Negotiation Strategies indicates:
| “ | Yet this underlying idea that adversity and challenges can lead to strengthening, to growth, is fairly common. Yet the concept hasn’t received much attention, from a technical perspective anyway, until Nassim Taleb, an author and statistician, whose body of work focuses risk, probabilities, randomness, and uncertainty, thoroughly unpacks the concept. He not only unpacks this general idea but comes out the other end with a remarkably eloquent, yet sophisticated concept, blending philosophy with mathematics, into a new concept that he refers to as “antifragility”.
Antifragility is both a technical concept and at the same time, a general principle that can be applied to any aspect of your life. Whether it’s how to allocate your investments, your health regime, or how to structure your business so that it not only survives unknown shocks but thrives from them. One example Taleb provides to illustrate antifragility is by comparing the mythical creatures of the Hydra and the Phoenix. When the Phoneix dies, it rises from the ashes to live again. While if you cut off the head of the Hydra, it grows two more heads. The Hydra becomes stronger from the damages inflicted on it. That’s the general idea and is emphasized in the subtitle to Taleb’s book on the topic; Antifragility, Things that Gain from Disorder. The Phoenix didn’t gain from the injuries; yet, it is resilient because it is reborn. It withstands the damages and lives again. Yet the Hydra is antifragile. Unlike the Phoenix, it not only survives the damages but it actually becomes stronger. Take exercise as another example. When you lift weights, you damage your muscles. When they repair, they don’t return to their original state, like the Phoenix, but rather the muscles become stronger, like the Hydra’s response to damages. That’s the concept. So thanks to Taleb’s work, we now have three categories to describe the response to volatility and disorder. It can break (which is fragility). It can remain unchanged (resiliency). Or, in response to the volatility, it can become stronger (antifragility). Now, if we consider conflict to be the volatility we experience in life, the volatility that can exist in relationships, within the workplace, between countries and different groups of people, whatever the context, the concept of antifragility can demonstrate the necessity of good conflict management practices. The way that a conflict is managed, whether an individual’s personal coping style, or a manager’s efforts within the workplace, or even a mediators efforts to end political conflict, the methods and management styles used can result in the very same three responses: fragility; resilience; and antifragility.[2] |
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Contents
Antifragility and psychology/personal/spiritual development
How to become a more antifragile person:
- Embracing uncertainty: Antifragile people are comfortable with risk, failure, and discomfort. They thrive in environments that are unpredictable and volatile.
- Taking small risks where the consequences are not devastating and recovery is possible: Antifragile people intentionally expose themselves to small stressors to promote personal development and growth.
- Learning from failure and embracing a growth mindset: Antifragile people view failure as a method and opportunity to learn and grow. Taking an experimental and adventorous approach to life
- Stepping out of your comfort zone: Antifragile people try new activities, tackle challenging projects, and change routines.
- Expecting challenges and stress: Antifragile people expect challenges, stress, failures, and crashes.
- Designing for strength: Antifragile individuals incorporate habits, practices and systems in their life so they are able to get stronger when faced with stress and failure (For example, Bible reading, prayer, regular exercise, etc.).
- Develop mental toughness and psychological resilience. Practice stress management
- Spiritual growth and maturity[4]
- Develop a strong work ethic ("If you are slack in the day of distress, Your strength is limited." Proverbs 24:10 (NASB 95).).
Articles:
- The Rise of the Antifragile – Beyond Mere Resilience, Thequintessentialmind.com
- The Antifragile Mindset by Dana Klisanin Ph.D.
- Does coaching need the concept of antifragility?, British Psychology Association
- Bouncing back from stress, Harvard Health Publishing
Videos:
- Anti-fragile mindset - video playlist, Video playlist
Christianity and antifragility
See also: Holy Spirit and Suffering and Perseverance and Virtue and Character and Hope
The Gospel Coalition article The Gospel Makes Us Antifragile states:
| “ | In his book Antifragile, author Nassim Nicholas Taleb observes that some objects are naturally fragile, like glass or fine china, and some are naturally resilient, like rubber or Tupperware. But there’s another category he labels “antifragile.” Just as the immune system becomes stronger when exposed to the normal circulation of viruses and bacteria, so some objects become better under stress.
What Taleb describes is similar to what Paul writes about in Romans 5: “We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope” (vv. 3–4). Suffering is the stress, and a persevering character full of hope is a description of Spirit-filled antifragility.[6] |
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Article:
- The Gospel Makes Us Antifragile, Gospel Coalition website
- Catholicism and the Philosophy of Nassim Taleb
Antifragility in business
- Why resilience isn’t enough: The case for antifragile leadership, Fast Company, 2025
- Make Your Organization Anti-Fragile, Harvard Business Review
Journal articles
- Towards an antifragility framework in past human–environment dynamics. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. Article number: 915 (2023)
Book
- Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Random House; First Edition (November 27, 2012)
- Becoming AntiFragile: Learning to Thrive Through Disruption, Challenge and Change by Dr. Paige Williams. Grammar Factory Publishing; 2nd ed. edition (March 24, 2022)
- Antifragility: 10 Principles to live by to turn crisis into opportunity. by Ron Holloway. ASIN: B0CCCWNLL7. Publication date : July 19, 2023
- The Anti-Fragility Edge: Antifragility in Practice by Sinan Si Alhir. LID Publishing (September 27, 2023)
Quote
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” - German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
Similar phrases
- "Adversity breeds resilience."
- "We grow through challenges."
- "Obstacles make us stronger."
- "Where there is no struggle, there is no strength."
- "Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."
See also
External links
- Anti-fragility, Investopedia
Videos:
References
- ↑ What Does It Mean to Be Anti-Fragile?
- ↑ Unlocking Human Potential: Antifragile Conflict & Negotiation Strategies
- ↑ Chuck Norris quote, Quote Fancy website
- ↑ The Gospel Makes Us Antifragile, Gospel Coalition website
- ↑ Why Is the Dove Often a Symbol for the Holy Spirit?, Christianity.com
- ↑ The Gospel Makes Us Antifragile, Gospel Coalition website
