I sit down with classmates Yule Kwon and Elie Shimaoka to ask about discipline. What keeps us running when we run out of motivation? Is it possible that pain might actually be a blessing in disguise?

Episode in a 🌰:
From 6:30 a.m. swim sets to Camus’s Sisyphus, we go from how we personally keep going to the uneasy idea that knowledge itself can hurt, even as it enlightens.

A startling takeaway: maybe pain isn’t a curse, but rather a gift.

TIMESTAMPS

[00:00:26] Motivation vs. discipline

[00:04:51] Mid-lap mindset resets & embracing the grind

[00:10:31] “Pain is a blessing”

[00:16:46] Does knowledge create its own suffering?

🥜 Hypothetical Nut of the Day:

If pain vanished from the world, would happiness still mean anything?

Hope you enjoyed the ep!