Take the path more painful in the short term
Most of the gains in life come from suffering in the short term, so you get paid in the long term.
The best example of this is investing in your 20s. If you’re compounding at 30% for thirty years, you end up with thousands of times your money over time. Yes, you have to give 20% of your paycheck to a retirement account and forgo expensive meals out with friends and the $200 shoes you’re dying for, causing suffering in the short term, but you reap long-term rewards.
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