Parrish: Walking the full route beats taking shortcuts to maintain discipline
Shane Parrish · #123 William Irvine: How To Live a Stoic Life · Nov 2, 2021 · at 47:37
Host Shane Parrish shares a personal rule with philosopher William Irvine about running routes and preserving discipline against cutting corners.
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“It's much better for me if I'm going to give up to actually walk the full 10 than it would be to take the shortcut. Because I took the shortcut once and I've only done this once ever, but it took me three months. Cause every time I passed it on the way back, it became harder and harder not to take the shortcut after having done it once. So it's better to just sort of like stop and walk the rest of the way if you don't want to run, but don't take the shortcut.”
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