Who wants to go beyond the Bojador / Must go beyond pain.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Achieving distant or difficult goals requires enduring significant suffering or hardship.
- In plain terms
- To go far, you must go through pain.
- What can you take from it?
- Great goals require great suffering.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is pain necessary for growth?
- What is worth suffering for?
Another view
Not all suffering leads to meaningful achievement.
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