This is Optimal Living Daily episode 2043.

Stop doing you hate by Isaac Marhous of IsaacMarhous.com

and I'm Justin Malik, your personal narrator, reading to you every day, including holidays.

That's from some of the best blogs I can find covering personal development and minimalism mostly,

with permission from the authors. And with that, let's get right to it as we optimize your life.

Stop Doing You Hate by Isaac Marhous of IsaacMarhous.com

I shared this pithy little quote from entrepreneur and social media superuser Gary Vaynerchuk

yesterday. Stop doing you hate. I'm fairly resistant to cat posters and motivational image quotes

online, but this single sentence caught my eye. It's something I constantly preach as a better

alternative to trying to find and do what you love. In fact, I think this simple sentence

contains one of the most powerful truths in the universe for unlocking your own potential and

fulfillment. Here comes the resistance. It's Facebook, so of course this couldn't go without

objections. A commenter quickly claimed that paraphrasing. This idea is laughable to anyone who

has ever had to pay bills. A tragic response. Charitable interpretation. Perhaps the most

important skill if you want to gain maximum value from the stream of ideas in the world is a

principle of charitable interpretation. It's simple, but really hard and really rare.

Assume people aren't idiots who have never thought of objections. Assume the best possible

interpretation of their words. In this case, one could uncharitably assume that Gary Vay means

to immediately cease doing anything uncomfortable even if necessary for survival. I hate preparing

food and eating as often in annoyance. Is Gary telling me to die? It doesn't take much

cherry to move beyond such a silly interpretation. The source must know that a single sentence

can never cover every context. He chose to share it anyway because he must believe there is still

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