JJ Virgin argues that people who tackle hard things develop compelling character, while those with easy lives never become truly cool or impactful. He credits his upbringing and how he raised his kids with emphasizing hard work as the path to lasting respect and relevance.
popsicles. I snuck in stuff. I was like, how do I wake up all of the senses? How do I just start to wake all this stuff up? And, you know, it took time, but it really just showed me that Grant was used to doing hard things. You know, we taught our kids to like work hard, do it. So I was used to doing hard things. So you just did— this is another hard thing. It's the frame of like, what if the hard things are actually the best? Like, first of all, have you ever met anyone super cool who life was easy for them? Never, never, never, never. They're— those people are not cool.
Agreed. You know, those are, those are the ones that are cool in high school. They're not cool past, past senior year.
Right. Gosh, it is funny. In high school, you know how the ones, like, the best looking ones, the ones are amazing, you come out and they're like, went nowhere.
