The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
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About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Control comes from managing your responses to pain and pleasure. Without this, external forces drive you.
- In plain terms
- Manage pain and pleasure to control your life.
- What can you take from it?
- Choose how you respond to pain and pleasure.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What pain or pleasure drives your behavior?
- How can you take back control?
Another view
External circumstances can still override internal control.
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