“Many years before when I had serious back pain from a sports injury, the surgeons said they would explore my spine and "figure it out." Out of frustration I had impulsively opted for the procedure. They ended up fusing the vertebrae. It left me debilitated. In hindsight, I blamed myself more than the surgeons. I had pressed them for a solution when in fact none was apparent because the cause of the pain was obscure.” YearsSaidFactsPainLeftCausesSportsFiguresSeriousSolutionsTherapyInjuryFrustrationObscureProceduresSurgeonsSpineHindsightBack Pain Author:Jerome Groopman
“Since the only way you are going to find solutions to painful problems is by thinking deeply about them - i.e., reflecting - if you can develop a knee-jerk reaction to pain that is to reflect rather than to fight or flee, it will lead to your rapid learning/evolving.” IfsThinkingWayLifeProblemPainFightingGrowthSolutionsPersonal GrowthInvestingPainfulReactionsEvolveKneesRapidsReflectingJerkKnee Jerk ReactionsThinking Deeply Author:Ray Dalio
“We can arrive at better solutions to any problem or pain together, than we can by ourselves. The beauty of the modern age is that you are able to source answers, and sometimes the genius is in the combination of ideas and energy that does not reside in only one person.” PersonsDoeIdeasSometimesProblemAgeAblePainTogetherEnergyAnswersModernSourceGeniusSolutionsCombinationModern Age Author:Desmond Tutu