There are five big types of choices that we continually must make that radically affect the quality of our lives and the rates at which we move toward what we want.
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Bad: allow pain to stand in the way of their progress
Good: understand how to manage pain to produce progress.
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 - whether it's in the form of lifting weights, facing problems head-on, or in any other way.
Most people react to pain badly. They have "fight or flight" reactions to it: they either strike out at whatever brought them the pain or they try to run away from it. As a result, they don't learn to find ways around their barriers, so they encounter them over and over again and make little or no progress toward what they want.
Those who react well to pain that stands in the way of getting to their goals - those who understand what is causing it and how to deal with it so that it can be disposed of as a barrier - gain strength and satisfaction. This is because most learning comes from making mistakes, reflecting on the causes of the mistakes, and learning what to do differently in the future... If you can develop a knee-jerk reaction to pain that is to reflect rather than to fight or flee, it will lead to your rapid learning/evolving.
Pain + Reflection = Progress
How big of an impediment is psychological pain to your progress?引自 Your Most Important Choices
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