Life is full of preparation and practice....we just maybe don’t see it because it often has such a low impact on us. Maybe it’s driving somewhere you’re unfamiliar with and having to follow directions on GPS. Maybe it’s driving a rental car and figuring out its windshield wipers. Or, maybe the menu at a never before visited restaurant. What’s really going on with our thought process?
High stakes preparation is only different because we let it be different. Sure....easy enough to say. Consider these thoughts:
That unfamiliar place you’re traveling to...it has road signs, or landmarks, or markings on the street. We know how to use those!
That rental car still has a gas pedal and brake pedal. We know how to use those, too!
That new restaurant? The type of food maybe new, sure, but the process of looking at a menu and ordering, eating, and paying, are all familiar.
The important thing is to look for those familiarities, understand that you KNOW them and are comfortable with them. Do that, and the new stuff isn’t so intimidating.
Some of you reading this will know exactly what this little “parable” is about....just hang in there, you’ve got this!
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