Brian Johnson connects Marsha Linehan's therapy skills for managing pain to Churchill's advice to keep going through hell and Goggins' belief that finishing the task frees you from struggle. The core idea: accept and move through pain instead of trying to escape it.
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic one. In our last one, we continued our exploration of Marsha Linehan's Dialectical Behavior Therapy as we talked about the four categories of skills and how to get through hell. The quick recap. First, the four categories of skills include mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. And we talked about the fact that if you want to get out of hell, you have to get through the fire to the other side. Now here's the Winston Churchill wisdom gem that came to mind when I read that he says, if you're going through hell, keep going. And here's the David Goggins wisdom gem that also came to mind. He says, when you're climbing a mountain or involved in any other difficult task, the only way to free yourself from the struggle is to finish it. So why complain about it when it gets hard? Why hope it will end soon when you know it will end eventually? When you complain and your mind starts groping for the eject button, you're not bringing your best self to the task, which means you are actually prolonging the pain. And that's today's plus one, going through hell. Say bring it on and keep going through the pain. It isn't overnight that you're gonna feel better, but you will.
