Time to Start Training
Imagine a moment that calls for physical strength. Say you're about to help a friend move a piece of furniture. You approach the heavy couch, realize you're not up to the task and . . . drop to the floor and begin to do push-ups in an effort to gain the strength you need.
If that sounds silly, consider that this is what so many of us do every day, constantly, when faced with cognitive challenges - instead of developing a training regimen, making it a habit, and doing a little bit each day to build up our capacities, we drop and try to eke out a "mental push-up" or two once we're under stress or in crisis, the whole time believing that it will help and that we'll be able to stand up and "lift that couch." Instead, we'll only be more depleted.
We need to start training now, both for the period of high demand we may be in currently, and for periods of demand we'll face in the future.
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