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 <i>Doing What Works</i>.<br /><br />Here are your show notes…<br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Million-Miles-Thousand-Years-Learned/dp/1400202981" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Whimsy is the nagging sensation life could be magical if we were willing to take a few risks</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://stevenpressfield.com/2016/01/make-your-hero-suffer-part-three/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A hero, by definition, suffers</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://opexlearning.com/resources/queueing-theory-part-4/195/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Uncertain waits seem longer than known, finite waits</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://motivaci.com/blogs/the-inspiration-station/easy-choices-hard-life-vs-hard-choices-easy-life-understanding-the-power-of-difficult-decisions" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life</a>.<br /><br />“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!<br /><br />“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.” ~ <a href="https://sallyhogshead.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sally Hogshead</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2h1ZicALCb/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A hack from Dan Harris on making workouts suck a little bit less</a>.