If you’ve trained for an iron man distance triathlon, you know how to be miserable.
If you’ve written a book, you know how to be miserable.
If you’ve bootstrapped your own business, you know how to be miserable.
Embracing the misery is not the same as seeking it out, but you know how to get through it.
One foot in front of the other. One word after the next. One dollar more.
The other part of being miserable is recognizing that the next step, the next word, or the next dollar spent might not move you forward in a straight line. Adding to the misery, you may not ultimately be successful.
You might not finish the race.
Maybe nobody buys your book.
Your business might fail.
However, even though this particular race, book, or business might not work, you know it’s part of the path you must traverse. You can’t go around. You must go through.
Therefore, you have no choice but to get good at being miserable.
