“Your real resume is just a catalog of all your suffering,” observes Naval Ravikant.
We often think a worthy goal in life is to seek to make it easier, simpler. But Ravikant points out what we are likely remembering at the end of our life are the moments where we discovered the true essence of who we are, and these are more often than not found in our sacrifices and the hard things we have done.
In other words, one kind of resume lists our jobs, awards, and accomplishments. But if we think about it, almost no one cares about that. But we do lean in whenever a person tells us about a time they suffered, sacrificed, and what happened next.
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