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Headline: PREPARATION FOR THE CHALLENGES...
Date Posted: 1/7/2009
PREPARATION FOR THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD
By Avtar S.Sandhu
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The question is often asked "How can I prepare myself for the challenges that lie ahead?" or "How can I
harden my mental attitude while hardening my body?" when contemplating preparations for an
endurance event or life in general.
To start with, shouldn’t you be looking around you and considering what others are doing. You can learn
much, about them and especially yourself from observation.
Why not watch your friends. Do they have to be told repeatedly to perform routine tasks? Or do they
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take the initiative? Are they focused on the task at hand? Are they flitting from one goal to another, not
really achieving anything substantial in the process? Or are they achieving their goals and targets? And if
so, how?
Take a moment and consider the person or persons you admire most. What traits do they exhibit?
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It is human nature to want to do things we do well, especially when others are observing. This tendency
is not conducive to self-preservation or self-improvement. You are not developing new skills when you
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train in this manner.
Just like hardening your body, you must train your mind in order to get it to peak condition. And just like
your body, as your mind adapts to the new challenges, you must increase the load.
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Here are a few ways to harden your mind.
Always do the hard thing first - ALWAYS. For example: If you would rather go hungry than eat spinach
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and your Mom serves spinach for dinner - eat it first and ask for seconds. If you hate math and have
math and science homework - do the math first and do extra work. If you really want to sleep in on
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Saturday -go mow the lawn without being told, then clean the garage on a Friday evening. If you would
rather work your biceps (beach muscles) than your legs in the gym - do your legs twice. You will not be
asked to curl your rucksack.
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Make a conscious effort to be positive as much as possible. Look at life's daily challenges as
opportunities for excellence instead of problems to be suffered.
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Also, read, and research - everything. Find out why most books have pages in multiples of 9. Learn
about current events, especially those that pertain to your event or your ambitions related to work and
life. Study history - those who do not are doomed to repeat it. Find out what a joule is. Learn the
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anatomy and physiology of the human body. Learn the principles of radio wave propagation. Research!
WHATEVER can affect or impede you reaching your goals or achieving a target. Read a book. Sit up
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straight. Walk with a sense of purpose. Be disciplined in everything you do.
Don’t be afraid to ask someone the silly questions even if you are supposed to already know it.
Swallowing your pride and stepping forward is sometimes easier said then done but anyone who can
step up and ask is half way to success.
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Always do the right thing, in your dealings with others and yourself. Do the right thing even if you know
the decision will be unpopular and you will be criticized. The learning curve is never-ending. And
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ensuring you always keep learning is essential to success and preparation. The best prepared individuals
are more than likely to succeed ahead of those who don’t make an effort to learn, to know, to
understand.
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Perfect practice makes perfect preparation. Train Hard. Never Quit.
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And lastly, don’t pity your feel sorry for yourself. Its probably the easiest thing after giving up to do. And
it’s a sure way to losing. In life.
To summarize best what I have tried to state, I can do no better than to quote the following:
IN THE TEST KITCHEN OF LIFE
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A young woman was complaining to her father about how difficult her life had become. He said nothing,
but took her to the kitchen and set three pans of water to boiling. To the first pan, he added carrots; to
the second, eggs; and to the third, ground coffee. After all three had cooked, he put their contents into
separate bowls and asked his daughter to cut into the eggs and carrots and smell the coffee. "What does
this all mean?" she asked impatiently.
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"Each food," he said, "teaches us something about facing adversity, as represented by the boiling
water." The carrot went in hard but came out soft and weak. The eggs went in fragile but came out
hardened. The coffee, however, changed the water to something better.
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"Which will you be like as you face life?" he asked. Will you give up, become hard -- or transform
adversity into triumph? As the "chef" of your own life, what will you bring to the table?
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Note: I have been unable to re-locate the source or author of “In the test Kitchen of Life” and its author.
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