Ramit Sethi uses a Navy SEAL metaphor to explain how weakness becomes strength through difficulty. Build automatic systems for investing and savings so progress continues without willpower. Cut out fear-based noise and follow only trusted sources, especially for money.
And I heard a powerful metaphor from a Navy SEAL who once said, when other people do pushups, they get tired. When I do pushups, I get stronger. I want you to think about how to turn a weakness into a strength. Here's a few ways you can do it. Build systems that grow in the background. So when you're unmotivated, your systems already handle things for you. Those systems include automatically investing, automatically saving, even automatically encouraging you to go to the gym. Cut out the noise. Find a couple of sources you trust and follow them. But much of the noise around investing is designed to make you scared. And finally, remember, this is actually supposed to be pretty hard. The most valuable things in life are often hard. We don't want things to be easier. We want to be stronger so we can handle them.
