PREPARATION MAKES YOU BRAVE

• Do it the night before. It can help you so that you don't have to scramble, for instance, to find clothes or to look for a missing item.
• When possible, do it well in advance. It will sort out unforeseen issues.
• Do the pre-work

Astronauts face all kinds of difficult, very risky situations in space. And the margin for error is extremely tiny in those situations.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield says that the key in these difficult situations is to remind yourself that you are prepared, you gained your skills and there...

‘What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.’ - Seneca.

This dark remark gets to the heart of Stoicism, which says we get weepy and angry not only because our plans failed, but because we strongly expected them not to. Seneca th...