Dr. Laurie Santos

You push yourself and you do the kind of uncomfortable thing now.

You push yourself and you do the kind of uncomfortable thing now.

And at the end, you're like, oh my gosh, that was so great.

And at the end, you're like, oh my gosh, that was so great.

You know, I experienced this in the fitness domain all the time where it's like, even just this morning, I got up early and I didn't sleep so well.

You know, I experienced this in the fitness domain all the time where it's like, even just this morning, I got up early and I didn't sleep so well.

And I was like going to the gym and like five minutes into my workout, my brain was just like, hate this, uncomfortable, sucks, sucks, sucks, right?

And I was like going to the gym and like five minutes into my workout, my brain was just like, hate this, uncomfortable, sucks, sucks, sucks, right?

But of course, if you push through, you know, minute 15, minute 30, minute 45, I'm like, oh my God, my body feels so great.

But of course, if you push through, you know, minute 15, minute 30, minute 45, I'm like, oh my God, my body feels so great.

I feel so light and so on.

I feel so light and so on.

But the problem is if you never push through it, you kind of never get there.

But the problem is if you never push through it, you kind of never get there.

And so, yeah, totally agree with Mark Manson on this one.

And so, yeah, totally agree with Mark Manson on this one.

If we're just focused on the positive, we might never get to the challenging stuff that's going to give us a bigger, richer, positive experience afterwards.

If we're just focused on the positive, we might never get to the challenging stuff that's going to give us a bigger, richer, positive experience afterwards.

I think this will be maybe a surprising one, but I think you should ask for help.

I think this will be maybe a surprising one, but I think you should ask for help.