There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Some lessons require quiet reflection, while others are learned through adversity.
- In plain terms
- You learn different things in peaceful times versus hard times.
- What can you take from it?
- Use both calm and crisis to grow.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When do you learn best?
- What did a storm teach you?
Another view
Not all lessons are positive; some storms teach only loss.
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