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The One Thing You Can’t Avoid if You Want To Be Successful in Life
You can’t avoid pain and grow at the same time.
For six years, I have read fascinating articles on Medium and taken many online courses. Still, I didn’t improve myself as much as I expected.
Self-help didn’t help me much.
I know this is the story of many of us. You do courses, read self-help articles, and listen to self-help podcasts. Ten years later, you just stay where you began. Nothing changed!
“The cure for pain is in pain.”
— Rumi
Your attempt to avoid pain and grow will fail.
The Only Thing That Can Guarantee Success
Pain is the only thing that will lead to success.
This all started in 2010.
I have been trying to avoid pain ever since I learned to depend on caffeine.
I used caffeine to prevent the inevitable. I thought that by drinking caffeine, I would be free from tiredness for the rest of my life. I started drinking coffee as if it were the fundamental source of energy.
I ignored all routines. I thought caffeine was self-help, that it would solve every problem and make me a superhuman.
