Epictetus advised his students to participate regularly in an exercise called "voluntary discomfort." In this exercise, he suggested them to deliberately put themselves through uncomfortable situations. The goal was to not let comfort have an upper hand over them, and to be prepared for anything and everything that may come their way. 

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