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Unequal Friction

What to Cut out, and What to Lean Into

Life has friction. It's inevitable.

But there are two types, it seems to me.

Unnecessary friction.

Necessary friction.

Unnecessary friction dissipates value without transforming.

Necessary friction transforms value.

An acquaintance said to me that one of his life's lessons was "Do Hard Things."

That's the kind of necessary friction that transforms.

The other kind? Remove or seriously reduce.