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Living according to a genuine purpose brings sacrifice, stress and pain rather than constant enjoyment.

Drawn from what Mark Manson said

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ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.

motivation What makes effort feel worth it: the neuroscience of wanting to act, apathy, dopamine, and habit.

What Mark Manson actually said

  1. Mark Manson American author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck…
    Because when you believe in something, when you become obsessed with something, you sacrifice yourself to it. And that sacrifice actually feels like pain and stress and doubt. Not fun.

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