Every day of your life is preparing you for every future day of your life. How you respond today is a training rep that embeds habits for how you will respond to other situations, even totally different ones, in the future. That’s real. That’s practical. That’s fundamentally life. We’re so fortunate we get to live today with the self-awareness to prepare for tomorrow. But most people don’t think that way, rarely live that way, and definitely don’t train that way.
Everything is training. Human nature is built like that. Mindset when you drive in traffic is training for your emotions during change. Empathy with your boss is training for patience with your kids. Telling a difficult truth to your friend is training for having a culture conversation at work. Being optimistic when everyone else is cynical is training for self-confidence when everyone else doubts you.
When you see every moment as training for a future moment, you understand something most people never will: if you want to do well during crisis, you have to practice constantly during comfort and if you want to be ready for opportunity, you have to train for it when it’s unlikely.
What you do when stress and urgency arrive in your life just reveal what you did during times of comfort and convenience.
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