About this quote

Worthwhile achievements always come with a tax of daily, grueling boredom or discomfort. You cannot build a business or master a skill by only doing the parts that feel good. Will you walk away when the tedious grunt work shows up? True discipline is staying in the room when every nerve in your body wants to quit and find a distraction. You earn the prize by tolerating the grit.

When to use it

• I hate spending my mornings reading this messy, old code. But if I want to design the new system from scratch, I have to clean up this disaster first.
• Doing these tiny ankle raises every day is incredibly boring. Still, I need to stick to this routine if I ever want to run on the track again.
• Saying no to dinners out and living on basic groceries is miserable right now. But keeping this tight budget is the only way I will ever save enough for a down payment.
• Formatting this massive bibliography is exhausting. I have to push through this boring paperwork to finally get my degree.