Darius, I thoroughly enjoyed this article. Good moments of reflection for me and I laughed at the Mr.Miyagi reference. I recently was talking with a friend and mentioned that I’m really good at giving advice, but at times am terrible at following it — your article reminded me of that conversation, but in an expanded way.

Curious to hear your thoughts on how principle number two doesn’t apply to the first one. When I think of ‘No strain, no gain’ the moments that come to mind are those filled with negativity and difficulty.

Again, really good article and thanks for sharing your reflections.