pain

Embrace Discomfort And Move Toward Adversity

April 17, 2023

how to be a man

Today, our lives have become too comfortable.

We dwell in climate-controlled havens where discomfort and boredom are rare occurrences, not the norm.

We can order food at a click, seek instant gratification in fleeting pleasures, and indulge in endless streams of dopamine-triggering content.

Yet, this ease is gradually eroding our well-being.

We have grown fearful of taking risks, avoiding discomfort, and recoiling from minor setbacks.

Go To The Pain, Rather Than Avoid It

January 13, 2023

pain is your friend

If you don’t let up on yourself and instead become comfortable always operating with some level of pain, you will evolve at a faster pace. That’s just the way it is.

Every time you confront something painful, you are at a potentially important juncture in your life—you have the opportunity to choose healthy and painful truth or unhealthy but comfortable delusion. The irony is that if you choose the healthy route, the pain will soon turn into pleasure. The pain is the signal! Like switching from not exercising to exercising, developing the habit of embracing the pain and learning from it will “get you to the other side.” By “getting to the other side,” I mean that you will become hooked on:

The Daily Man-Up: Pain Is Your Ally

February 10, 2021

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“It is a fundamental law of nature that to evolve one has to push one’s limits, which is painful, in order to gain strength. Nature gives us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits in some way. At the same time, nature made the process of getting stronger require us to push our limits. Gaining strength is the adaptation process of the body and the mind to encountering one’s limits, which is painful. In other words, both pain and strength typically result from encountering one’s barriers. When we encounter pain, we are at an important juncture in our decision-making process.”