Does learning a valuable lesson through suffering make it worth it?

<p>When we go through a tough time in life it’s hard to see what the point is supposed to be. But once we get to the other side of it there is often a lesson or a takeaway from it that we use for the rest of our lives.</p> <p> </p> <p>But does that lesson make the suffering feel like it was worth it?</p> <p> </p> <p>Brandon Mahoney’s first take was that no, the suffering wasn’t worth it if there was a way to have learned the lesson without it. (Of course there is no way to know if you could have learned the lesson without the suffering.)</p> <p> </p> <p>Dr Jesse Carrie felt like suffering was worth it if it was necessary. But what makes it “necessary” is harder to quantify, particularly when you add in survivor bias.</p> <p> </p> <p>Gary Fredricks followed up by saying success might be sweeter if you’ve failed before.</p> <p> </p> <p>There is something behind that idea. I don’t think I would appreciate the relationship I have with Russ nearly as much if I hadn’t had some really awful ones before I met him.</p> <p> </p> <p>Listen to the end to hear Gary share something he does that I said was mean and let us know if you agree with him or with me.</p> <p> </p> <p>Connect with the panelists: Dr Jesse Carrie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-carrie-70765036/</p> <p>Gary Fredericks: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyfredericks/</p> <p>Brandon Mahoney: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/drstartup/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/drstartup/</a></p> <p>Dr Robyn Odegaard: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/</a></p> <p>Concierge High Performance Psychologist providing luxury level support to executives, entrepreneurs, celebrities, dignitaries and athletes as well as the Facilitator of the Quick Hits podcast</p> <p> </p> <p>Want a summary of the Quick Hits I post every week, plus the links to the LinkedIn pages of each of the panelist to show up in your in-box every week? Just let me know where to send it: https://drrobynodegaard.com/quick-hits-notifications/</p> <p>