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Why short-term pain is the Key to your long-term gain
Keep this in mind when making a decision
Jop Habraken
March 29, 2023
1% Founder
When faced with two options that you can’t decide between, choose the one that’s more difficult in the short term. Naval Ravikant (Founder of Angellist & legendary startup investor) calls this ‘uphill decisions’.
It requires a forced override of your pain avoidance instinct.
Short-term pain creates compounding long-term gain.
In simpler terms:
"Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life." — Jerzy Gregorek
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