“What do you want out of life?
Oh how this question used to haunt me. And if you answered happiness or magical awesomeness… refer back to the title.
Advertising has confused us.
A lot of the ideas we have about “the good life” and what would make us happy are wrong, and they’re not our own.
The best way I’ve ever heard this re-framed is by author Mark Manson, who offered an alternative to the traditional cheap questions.
“What pain do you want in your life? What are you willing to struggle for?”
Everyone says they want success– either through freedom, entrepreneurship, or financial independence… the answer doesn’t really matter. Most people that say this aren’t willing to LIVE out the sacrifices that come from the building phase.
They don’t want the risk, stress, long nights and early days…. they don’t want the cost, only the reward.
You can’t win if you don’t play.
The problems you enjoy facing are the answer. It’s the bad experiences, the not planned outcomes, the days where you don’t know if you’ll make it– that determines a lot of what is for us.
I used to fantasize about being rich and famous. In this fantasy, I was basically a rockstar… for what? Nothing really, just successful. It sounds stupid, but I went after this for years- full steam ahead.
When this reality never came, because I only loved the end results and not the work itself- I left it cold.
Our struggles determine our successes, so choose wisely.
#FoolMeOnce
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