Weekly Quote: Ryan Holiday on Preparing for the Hard

This week’s quote comes from Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Holiday.

Setting expectations about something is a big part of managing the outcome. If you assume it will be easy, and it isn’t, that will be much more complicated than if you’re ready for a challenge.

The good news is that most of the time, things aren’t quite as hard as you expect. Still, if you put the time in and study for the test, you’re bound to do better regardless of the actual difficulty level. Over and over, you will find that practice makes progress, and preparation is the winning strategy for most of what you will encounter.