Mark Moss argues success teaches nothing; only failure and pain do. Growth requires breakdown like muscle building. He recommends daily reflection on lessons learned and a gratitude journal to extract meaning from hardship instead of scrolling through constant distraction.
Success is a horrible teacher. We don't learn from success. We only learn from failure and pain. So the only way you grow your muscles is to break them down, right? We only grow from stress. The saying I like is, uh, smooth seas never made a skilled sailor. You have to go through the storms to learn how to navigate them. And so while many people look at life as like something that happens to them, I like to look at it as something that happens for us. So that pain I went through, then I was able to learn lessons. So most people, especially today, we're so busy distracting ourselves with everything, 24/7 news, social media, etc., that we just don't take the time to think. And some people you've probably be like, you know, have a gratitude journal, write down things you're grateful for, which is one thing that's very powerful. But I like to think about what lessons did I learn today.
