How Short Term Pain Can Bring Long Term Success

Founder's Journal

Morning Brew

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

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🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Episode 39: No pain, no gain. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Growth lies in discomfort. Pressure makes diamonds. You’ve probably heard these phrases multiple times. It’s supposed to capture the relationship between our immediate struggles with future success. Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) talks about the psychological effects of pleasure & pain and why we make certain choices. Plus, tips on how to identify these moments to ensure you’re making the right decision for long-term pleasure. Timestamps: (00:40): Intro (08:17): The science behind it (11:23): How does pleasure & pain show up at work? (13:56): Identify pleasure traps (15:45): Managing short-term pains (17:49): Expanding your manageable pains Send us an email and let us know what you think of the idea! foundersjournal@morningbrew.com Links: The Paradox of Pleasure | Hidden Brain Media #FoundersJournal #Startups #Entrepreneur Listen to Founder’s Journal here: https://link.chtbl.com/OV4W93_W Watch Founder’s Journal here: https://www.youtube.com/@FoundersJournal/ Subscribe to Morning Brew! Sign up for free today: https://bit.ly/morningbrewyt Follow The Brew! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MorningBrew Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew Follow Alex! Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) Learn more about Shopify here: https://shopify.com/crazyones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up everyone welcome back to another episode of founders journal
0:03.8	This is your host Alex Lieberman co-founder and executive chairman of morning brew for those of you that are
0:10.5	Coming back to founders journal. Thank you for listening to the show for those of you that are new founders journal is an entrepreneur's
0:16.7	Personal diary made public for the world now today. We're gonna switch things up a little bit
0:21.0	And I'm gonna take on a more emotional or psychological topic that can be applied to your career building businesses
0:28.6	And so we're gonna talk about why pain is your best chance at attaining long-term pleasure. Let's hop into the episode
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1:35.4	So a few weeks ago I was listening to a podcast called hidden brain which is an awesome NPR show around
1:42.8	psychology neuroscience
1:44.8	Emotions and there was an episode around addiction and what biologically happens to create addiction and also
1:53.1	Kind of what ties together all different types of addiction from addiction to substances to social media addiction and
2:01.0	The guest on this episode is a doctor her name is Anna Lemke
2:05.8	She is a
2:08.4	Practicing psycho therapist or a psychiatrist at Stanford
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