When faced with two options, choose the one that’s more difficult in the short term. Naval calls this making "uphill decisions”.
It requires a forced override of your pain avoidance instinct. It's worth it—short-term pain creates compounding long-term gain.
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Difficult decisions are mostly about weighing the long and short term values. Making objective decisions is difficult because we are biased towards short-term rewards and pre-existing beliefs.
We are inclined to believe that complex solutions and explanations are better than simple ones. The perception of complexity often leads to avoidance.
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