To augment yourself to the maximum, you need both war *AND* peace.
What brings the best out in us?
War is good insofar much as it builds muscles and toughens us. It makes us more grateful.
Today we are living through a metaphorical war which is COVID19. It has made us more resilient, resourceful, scrappy, and more grateful.
Like Tyler Durden says in Fight Club, every generation needs its own spiritual war. This is why so much of the 90s and 2000’s and even 2010’s were forms of degeneracy. Too much softness and meekness for consumerist and capitalist goods, instead of fighting, becoming stronger.