We have a complicated relationship with pain. We avoid it, delay it, and try to outsmart it—yet somehow end up choosing more of it in the long run.
This episode explores why comfort is so seductive, why procrastination feels rational in the moment, and why pain is unavoidable no matter what we do. The real question isn’t whether we’ll experience pain—but which kind.
You’ll hear why too many choices exhaust us, how daily renegotiation drains time and energy, and why removing choice altogether can be the most freeing move you make.
This conversation introduces the idea of “Zero Options”—a simple but demanding approach to money, wellbeing, relationships, and peace of mind that replaces willpower with systems and execution.
Pain now, or pain later.
Structure, or regret.
The choice is simpler than it looks.
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