 okay there's an ancient chinese proverb that goes the more you sweat and train the less you bleed in battle so i really like this idea and i thought i would discuss it in this video so a lot of people tend to look at the results of success or the results of people conquering some sort of adversity for example some olympians or some generally athletes you see them on the plane through then you see them do these tremendous things these acts of physical strength and skill and wear and awe and we tend to forget about the sweating before the battle all right for example olympians before they're on the grand stage performing in front of billions of people performing in front of the world and other elite competitors they spend four years of grueling training with a strict training regime a strict diet and waking up early mornings just to get it in but we overlook that during the four years we're doing our own thing we're not really thinking about usain Bolt or Johan Blake or Michael Phelps but they're busy sweating preparing for the battle now when you think of our own personal development as if we're an olympian as in what's necessary for our success or what's necessary to help us face adversity is the day by day things we do prior to the great challenge we can look at ourselves as warriors and every single thing we do every day as like a small battle the more battles we get into we start becoming more like season veterans you know we start having the skills and the mindsets and the discipline to tackle the big challenge that's ahead instead of just aiming blindly and getting there and not knowing what to do and when people see us and how we are able to take care of business when it's necessary they're amazed and they think that we are lucky or that we are blessed but they're forgetting that just like the olympian we've been training every day we've been working at it now I keep talking about a big thing or a big challenge some adversity what our battle is different everyone's battles different but it can come in a rare form it's a seven head of dragon there's different things that could happen that would force you to step up as a person and really test you for example another economic recession could happen like in 2008 when people hundreds and thousands of people lost their jobs and were really tested you see if you had sweated previously before the recession you have educated yourself on the economy on how money works you're possibly possibly had your own business or had money in savings so that when something like this happened you weren't forced to go into poverty per se because some people didn't have enough money to last two months how much money do you have right now if an economic recession happened in 2008 would you be able to survive for months weeks yes these are questions that really show how much you've been sweating some people don't even need any more money if a recession happened they'll be all good they'll be okay would you be okay or another battle that might happen is if you lose a loved one would you be able to take care of the funeral would you be able to take care of you know business would you be able handle stuff would you emotionally be able to handle things or will you just fall and collapse under the pressure this is just not example not all examples have to revolve around money it could be anything maybe it's the day that you actually see that one girl that you want to marry do you have the courage do you have the balls have you practiced have you gone your confidence up previously or will you be speechless not know what to say and blow the opportunity as i said before battles come in different heads in different forms it's up to you to prepare yourself in every way by getting better each every day every aspect of your life so when it does come you will be ready and personal development is the key because it exactly it is what its name entails it's personal development you develop yourself every day it's not corny it's not cheesy it's necessary and it's pragmatic and i hope you guys receive some value out of this video all right guys if you haven't already make sure you check out the new personal development global group on facebook link is in the description heaps of good shit for you this is pretty much the go-to place for your personal development articles free content for everybody and just the whole community that we're building up there's no spam here also you can check out the link to my website the realized man right at this website and you can suss that out if you have something to post make sure you check it out and come on anyway have fun guys peace