Does learning a valuable lesson through suffering make it worth it?

When we go through a tough time in life it’s hard to see what the point is supposed to be. But once we get to the other side of it there is often a lesson or a takeaway from it that we use for the rest of our lives.

 

But does that lesson make the suffering feel like it was worth it?

 

Brandon Mahoney’s first take was that no, the suffering wasn’t worth it if there was a way to have learned the lesson without it. (Of course there is no way to know if you could have learned the lesson without the suffering.)

 

Dr Jesse Carrie felt like suffering was worth it if it was necessary. But what makes it “necessary” is harder to quantify, particularly when you add in survivor bias.

 

Gary Fredricks followed up by saying success might be sweeter if you’ve failed before.

 

There is something behind that idea. I don’t think I would appreciate the relationship I have with Russ nearly as much if I hadn’t had some really awful ones before I met him.

 

Listen to the end to hear Gary share something he does that I said was mean and let us know if you agree with him or with me.

 

Connect with the panelists:
Dr Jesse Carrie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-carrie-70765036/

Gary Fredericks: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyfredericks/

Brandon Mahoney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drstartup/

Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

Concierge High Performance Psychologist providing luxury level support to executives, entrepreneurs, celebrities, dignitaries and athletes as well as the Facilitator of the Quick Hits podcast

 

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