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You’re Not Lazy: How To Make Discipline Easy - Ryan Holiday

Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal

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Effort for Good Endures

The pleasure from doing something shameful passes quickly, but the shame endures, while the effort put into something hard for good passes quickly, but the good endures. Whether it's pushing oneself physically, sacrificing for someone, or throwing oneself into a big project, the impact and the plane of achievement quickly overshadow the effort, making it easy to forget, whereas the temporary pleasures or indulgences are quickly overshadowed by a feeling of shame and regret.

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