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Torture Yourself into Greatness
Pain and suffering are like fertilizer. They make you grow.
Pain and suffering are like fertilizer.
They make you grow.
Jensen Huang, CEO of the trillion-dollar company Nvidia, once said: “Resilience matters in success.”
“I don’t know how to teach it to you, except to hope suffering happens to you.”
The moment I heard that phrase, I felt like I was flying in a time machine.
“First time breaking up.”
“Had $0.00 in my account.”
“Felt like bleeding when I started writing.”
I look back at every moment that transformed me.
Every moment has one thing in common: it sucked. It was pain. It was suffering.
Now, think about the moments that transformed you — I bet they were packed with suffering.
But every time we felt the pain, it was a sign of a big transformation.
Not all pain is created equal.
Some pain turns coal into a diamond, while some pain is just pain.
This is the pain we should avoid.
It’s paralyzing pain.
