A Good Life is a Life of Struggle This is because struggle makes you stronger, and strength is the source of physical and psychological freedom. It’s obvious how struggling against heavy weights in the gym or struggling against a steep mountain while hiking makes you stronger – your muscles respond to such challenges by growing. What’s less obvious is how this principle applies to your mind. The brain is like… Read More »Struggle Makes You Stronger
In March of 2015, I was severely depressed. Actually, I had been down for a long time, but this was the worst it had ever been. There were many external reasons for this: I was single and lonely, I was working six days a week to barely afford a noisy apartment in a crummy neighborhood, and I was in constant pain from seven different injuries. To “deal” with my problems,… Read More »The Importance of Living with Integrity
“Do we choose to see ourselves as the latest descendants in a long line of ancestors who have been struggling valiantly and against the odds, toward a better world? Or are we the bastard children of irredeemable racists, pillagers, and monsters? Are we the future of humanity – progress – or are we a plague upon the earth?” –Ryan Holiday1 In other words, what is our story? This is a… Read More »Our Story is About Becoming Better
“The rules: (1) know precisely what you want, (2) determine the cost of what it will take to get it, (3) don’t bargain over the price.” –James Clear1 Many people get the first two rules right, but then they bargain over the price. They have a clear goal, and they know the conventional cost of achieving that goal. But then they resist paying the full price. They look for shortcuts,… Read More »Don’t Bargain Over the Price