How do you prepare for the challenges of life? Perhaps we can once again take some lessons from the gym and learn to warm-up into the hard things. Ep. 23 of The Philosophy of Fitness.
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00:45 Bloopers and Ice Breakers
04:46 Warming Up for life's challenges
05:54 Phase 6
12:50 Some concepts of building a warm-up that might apply to other areas of life: Some examples; this podcast, crucial conversations
17:31 Over-preparing creates fear
20:35 Finding the sweet spot
22:28 Goal-setting, planning, researching, and learning are not taking action...if you're not taking action, you're not really getting prepared
30:17 With an action bias, use the following tools to structure your "warm-ups": General To Specific, Find A Structured Minimum,
34:10 Some tips for having crucial conversations: 1: Ask yourself (and communicate) what outcome you're hoping for right up front, 2: Give a disclaimer, If you're not sure how to express yourself or articulate, say so, let the other person know what you're feeling before you get into the details,
47:05 Set the tone when you first embark on something new. How do you want to be, who do you want to be, practice being that person now.
50:36 How can you prepare for the unknown? Do hard things on purpose, so that when hard things inevitably come your way, you have a certain comfort level with the uncomfortable.
55:04 Your daily practices are what will prepare you for whatever future comes your way, so act accordingly.
01:01:25 Practice accepting the worst-case scenario, then work to improve from there, that way, if something bad does happen, at least you've tried to prepare and if it doesn't, you have increased confidence to try
01:04:02 A near-flawless routine
01:05:19 Some of the takeaways to being generally prepared for things; doing uncomfortable things, stretching yourself, facing fear, and having an action bias toward your "warmup" - doing these uncomfortable things is an act of love for yourself
01:07:12 The more you DO, the more you learn, then the more effective your preparation can be
01:07
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