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Weather through tough times, try to minimize the
trouble.
Sometimes in life you just have to roll with the punches, even when the punches feel like they are coming from Mike Tyson. Rolling with the punches is a technique used in boxing. The objective is to avoid receiving a direct hit with solid contact. The technique is to move away from the punch in an attempt to avoid the blow or at least create a glancing blow. A glancing blow being preferable to a direct hit.