Health, Purpose & Criticism Choosing Your Pain, Building Resilience and Leading for the Long Haul - E614
" What's important is that I encourage you to choose your pain. Life is not easy. If something was easy to do, then it is already done by a robot or on the verge of being done by a robot, and there is no value in easy stuff. If the job is just moving a chair from left to right 10 times in a row, it is easy, has no value, and I will not get paid for it. We get paid to do hard things. Those hard things are where the value comes in. Hard things by nature are painful, but you can choose your pain. Psychology shows that when you choose your pain, it feels less painful. If you do not get to choose your pain, you feel helpless. Choose the pain you want to do because that is the value you are going to create in the world. " - Jeremy Au, Host of BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech Podcast
" You have to be your own best friend. Even though we all face criticism, you have to be your own best friend. A lot of people will try to be your best friend, and that will be your tobacco companies, your whiskey companies, your nice watch. Everybody will try to be your best friend by telling you that if you do not feel secure, they will make you feel secure, and that is how they will make money. Be thoughtful about how you become your own best friend, how you treat yourself with the language and kindness you would use with your best friend. If your best friend came to you and said, I screwed up in class today because of A, B, and C, you would support that person. But if you are that person feeling terrible about yourself, would you treat yourself with the same kindness? " - Jeremy Au, Host of BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech PodcastJeremy Au shares why long-term career success depends on investing in health, cultivating purpose, and learning to handle inevitable criticism. He explains the link between purpose and happiness, why choosing your challenges makes them more bearable, and how treating yourself as your own best friend helps you grow despite setbacks.