The Daily Stoic - Practice Makes You Prepared

Episode Date: January 29, 2021

“In 2017, the New England Patriots were down 28-3 to the Atlanta Falcons in the third quarter of the Super Bowl. It had not been a good game. Fans had already begun to write the Patriots off. Announcers had serious doubts as to whether a comeback was possible. But somehow, against all odds, the Patriots would come back to win that game in one of the greatest victories in all of sports.”Ryan discusses the incredible feat accomplished by the Patriots in Super Bowl LI, and why we should be prepared for whatever fortune brings our way, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.***If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow Daily Stoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/dailystoicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailystoicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dailystoicSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Practice makes you prepared. In 2018, the New England Patriots were down 28 to 3 to the Atlanta Falcons in the third quarter of the Super Bowl. It had not been a good game. Fans had already begun to write the Patriots off, and the announcers had serious doubts as to whether a comeback was possible, but somehow against all odds, the Patriots would come back to win that game in one of the greatest victories in all of sports. How was that possible? When we interviewed Martell Aspenet for the Daily Stoke podcast a few weeks ago, he had one explanation for how his team had managed to pull off such an incredible upset.

New England, he said, was never rattled. They had practiced for so many different scenarios that being down that much didn't crack their self-confidence. In fact, he said that the team was so prepared for the Super Bowl that they had in the weeks before even practiced for the longer half time. They had literally rehearsed what they would do with something as basic as 15 additional minutes waiting between the halves. It was actually easy to go back on the field and do what they needed to do to win. The team only had to revert back to their training.

To the stoic, this makes perfect sense. Remember, Senika said that misfortune lands most heavily when it is not expected. The idea of practicing, envisioning, training for all the contingencies of life, of a game, of a trying situation. This is how we ensure we're able to navigate it correctly. Winning it, that's for amateurs. Pros, the patriots, they prepare. We need to follow this example. Pre-Meditashio Malorum is not about tempting fate. It's about being ready for any fate.

Positive visualization without negative visualization is just dreaming. It's fantasy. Visualization without preparation, without work. It's worthless. You have to practice. You have to be ready for any of it. For whatever it is that your life may bring,

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