We love to read and watch stories about people who suffer, and still prevail. So why do we often become indignant at having to suffer ourselves? It’s a question worth pondering in this edition of Doing What Works.

Here are your show notes…

Whimsy is the nagging sensation life could be magical if we were willing to take a few risks.

A hero, by definition, suffers.

Uncertain waits seem longer than known, finite waits.

Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life.

“Language is a spectacularly rudimentary way of trying to communicate what is happening inside, and I think for a lot of us what happens inside is something we’ll never fully be able to put into words.” ~ That’s our very own Katie Anderson!

“Failure’s like a muscle. You have to keep it strong. You need to have small failures constantly to keep you in shape for the big ol’ whopper that comes along once in a while.” ~ Sally Hogshead

A hack from Dan Harris on making workouts suck a little bit less.