Dr. Laurie Santos

And I think that this just isn't the way to like live a flourishing, productive, successful life, right?

A successful life is gonna come with pushing yourself and experiencing a bit of discomfort.

A successful life is gonna come with pushing yourself and experiencing a bit of discomfort.

A successful life is gonna come with trying things that you're gonna screw up on, which isn't gonna feel great, right?

A successful life is gonna come with trying things that you're gonna screw up on, which isn't gonna feel great, right?

And so I think we gotta overcome this good vibes only bias.

And so I think we gotta overcome this good vibes only bias.

We need to find ways to embrace the challenge, to embrace that thing, because often at the end of that,

We need to find ways to embrace the challenge, to embrace that thing, because often at the end of that,

we wind up feeling a little bit more satisfied, right?

we wind up feeling a little bit more satisfied, right?

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.