Speaker:
The essence of training is to allow error without consequence.”
Speaker:
These are Orson Scott Card's words in his famous novel Ender's Game.
And he has a point:
the great thing about training is the safe environment.
And he has a point:
It's like taking the risk, but without the actual risk.
And he has a point:
You can try out ideas and approaches that you would never have tried out for real.
And he has a point:
Or it can lead you to find yet another path that does work, but
And he has a point:
would have been impossible to see without taking the risky route first.
And he has a point:
But the one thing that you won't get in training is tension.
And he has a point:
The tension of that it matters now.
And he has a point:
The tension that this is the moment and you absolutely have to give it your all.
And he has a point:
Which might be way beyond everything that you did in training, simply
And he has a point:
because in training, you didn't have to.
And he has a point:
And also, the tension that errors actually do have consequences at times.
And he has a point:
That is an experience that no amount of training can give you.
And he has a point:
From training, you can gather a vast range of experiences.
And he has a point:
You can get ever closer to the real thing.
And he has a point:
But eventually, you will have to go out there and face the consequences.
And he has a point:
It's better to be well-prepared when you do.
And he has a point:
But it's also essential that you don't hide from it.
