Pain: A Sign That You’re On the Right Track? #shorts

9 Mar 2021 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, the speaker recounts a pivotal moment early in his career when, at age 25‑26, he was leading marketing at a tech startup and was warned by the CEO that failing to meet monthly targets could cost him his job, affecting 80 families. Rather than panic, he reframed the threat as a challenge, embracing it with enthusiasm. He then describes how he carried that same mindset into other areas, such as a struggling podcast that was only getting nine downloads, using the mental discomfort (“pain”) as fuel for action. The core message is that perceived pain or pressure can be transformed into motivation, turning potentially negative moments into opportunities for growth.

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When I was 25 or 26, I was leading marketing at this tech startup. And I was only a month into the gig and the CEO pulls me aside and he's like, you know, if you don't hit numbers this month, we're gonna have to let you go because there's 80 people's families riding on your shoulders. I'm like 26, right? And I thought I'd freak out, but I didn't freak out. I was like, oh, let's go, let's do it. And I think at that moment, it's just like, man, if you just see things as like, this is a great challenge, let's do it. You just apply to everything else that you do and it just keeps stacking. So, I think once I took that mindset, I just applied it to, oh, the podcast is not doing well, right? 9 downloads. Let's go. Let's keep doing it. So like, I get, I think the more pain I feel, at least when it comes to like mental pain, I think the more excited I get. So at that moment, it should have been a crappy moment, but it was a motivational moment. So I am very much the same.