Of course, there's also injury, leaning into the pain so much you do damage to yourself. Or even overtraining, a system wide failure cause by leaning a little t

Of course, there's also injury, leaning into the pain so much you do damage to yourself. Or even overtraining, a system wide failure cause by leaning a little too far (this is actually fairly rare in physical training, but seems to be a good analogy for burnout). I would hate to see someone fail to achieve their full potential from either avoiding what's difficult for them thereby failing to improve, or focusing a little too much on what's difficult, thereby failing to achieve their potential. I will never be a gold medal sprinter, and if I'm hoping to be, I will be sorely dissapointed with my life. Doesn't mean that if I was a sprinter, I shouldn't work on my weaknesses to improve my overall ability. It's a good piece, but a little self-knowledge goes a long way. Perhaps he deals with that in the upcoming piece "Confronting Reality".