I hate cold water and other reasons why I run into the sea
As Democritus said so simply many centuries ago: “Water can be both good and bad, useful and dangerous. To the danger, however, a remedy has been found: learning to swim.”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
“Major life changes—moving to a new city, starting a new job, ending a relationship, getting married, having kids, etc.—will often make life harder for the first 100 days before improving.
This is not always true, but it’s a nice reminder that experiencing early struggle doesn’t mean it was a bad choice.
This is not always true, but it’s a nice reminder that experiencing early struggle doesn’t mean it was a bad choice.
James Clear • 3-2-1: On the costs of habits, major life changes, and what money can't buy
If time is water then small actions reverberate - sometimes to distances I cannot see, maybe to a generation that I won’t meet.
Annika Hansteen-Izora • Time is Water
Connect to your why.
We are much more willing to tolerate discomfort when we know that doing so is tied to a meaningful purpose or long-term goal. As you warm up, bring to mind the big goal you are currently working on (maybe that sub-4 marathon) and why that goal is meaningful to you. Be specific. Doing this as you ease into the run will set the st
runnersworld.com • 4 Expert-Backed Ways to Build Mental Toughness
We all know “startups are hard,” but I think we tend to imagine that this difficulty is bounded, contained, modelable, a bit like running a marathon: yes, legs and lungs hurt, but that’s normal and appropriate, and we know the route, the distance, and that there’s a finish line. This is a kind of difficulty we can contend with without losing oursel... See more
Chris Best • Principles and pragmatism
