We usually dislike challenging situations, conflict with others, and struggle with our work or habits. But what if it were a part of the training of life? What if every conflict, failure, difficulty, hard emotion … were exactly the lesson we needed to learn? What if every challenging person and situation were our teacher?Every day, ask yourself two simple questions:<ol><li>What was my biggest challenge today?</li><li>What lesson was I supposed to learn from that?</li></ol>Reflect on that. Jot it down, and internalize the lesson. Commit to practicing it.

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<h4 dir="ltr">By <a href="http://leobabauta.com/" dir="ltr">Leo Babauta</a></h4>We usually dislike challenging situations, conflict with others, struggle with our work or habits. Struggle sucks!But what if it were a part of the training of life?What if every conflict, failure, difficulty, hard emotion … were exactly the lesson we needed to learn? What if every challenging person and situation were our teacher?Every day, ask yourself two simple questions:<OL><LI>What was my biggest challenge today?</LI><LI>What lesson was I supposed to learn from that?</LI></OL>Reflect on that. Jot it down, and internalize the lesson. Commit to practicing it.Then thank your teacher.

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We usually dislike challenging situations, conflict with others, struggle with our work or habits. Struggle sucks!

But what if it were a part of the training of life?

What if every conflict, failure, difficulty, hard emotion … were exactly the lesson we needed to learn? What if every challenging person and situation were our teacher?

Every day, ask yourself two simple questions:

<ol><li>What was my biggest challenge today? </li><li>What lesson was I supposed to learn from that? </li> </ol>

Reflect on that. Jot it down, and internalize the lesson. Commit to practicing it.

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