The Most Important Part of ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck’ by Mark Manson
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“You have to choose something. You can’t have a pain-free life. It can’t all be roses and unicorns all the time. Pleasure is the easy question. And pretty much all of us have a similar answer.
The more interesting question is the pain. What is the pain that you want to sustain?” — Mark Manson.
You must find work that is fun to you but looks like suffering to others.
Most of us do work that we hate in order to make money. Paradoxically, it is when you find work that you love (and are willing to suffer for) that you make the most money. This is because you will keep studying and practicing it in your free time. Others who try to copy you will have a difficult time because you love the work and they hate it.
“Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for. People who enjoy the struggles of a gym are the ones who run triathlons and have chiseled abs and can bench-press a small house. People who enjoy long workweeks and the politics of the corporate ladder are the ones who fly to the top of it. People who enjoy the stresses and uncertainties of the starving artist lifestyle are ultimately the ones who live it and make it.
This is not about willpower or grit. This is not another admonishment of “no pain, no gain.” This is the most simple and basic component of life: our struggles determine our successes. Our problems birth our happiness, along with slightly better, slightly upgraded problems.” — Mark Manson.
