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Why choose to coast when you could be doing hard things? What’s your take?

28 Jun 2026 · 0 min

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In this informal dialogue, Speaker A shares a personal story about his wife earning a doctorate after having two children, emphasizing the importance of modeling effort and ambition for their own kids. Both speakers critique the tendency of some people to "coast" through life, questioning why individuals choose a complacent path instead of tackling challenging goals. Speaker A references a concept called "Booker E," suggesting that once someone commits to a particular life trajectory, it becomes difficult to reverse, underscoring the perceived benefits of consistently pursuing hard things. The conversation blends personal anecdote, philosophical reflection, and a call to action for embracing effort over ease.

You know, and I did. And that's sort of like the way my wife and I do a lot of things now is why not just do it? Same way as like she got her doctorate, you know, after two kids, you know, and finishing up. I think Cooper was born when she finished her doctorate, or maybe she was pregnant, but still like now we're just at the point in our life when we do things, we're like, why not do it? You know, show our kids like what we can do.
High achievers. Yeah.
There's no other way, man. Yeah.
I don't know why some people just want to coast through this life. Just kind of do it. Yeah.
You probably see it in the books, you know, when we talk about the Booker E stuff probably later, like it. Once you're on that, that path and that life, you can't go back. Yeah. And it's really hard to distinguish a complacent life. You know, it's, it's, it's hard for me to talk about because I get really like direct and passionate because I have friends and people that do, they live that life. And so it's hard for me to understand and be like, well, I can't like enforce this way on them, but I need to because it's so beneficial to do these hard things.
Yeah. And some people don't even, they're like, yeah, I know it's beneficial, but I don't care. Exactly. It just doesn't make sense.