Dreams Lead, Perseverance Fosters Conquest
We have an area in the brain that helps with a whole bunch of different cognitive tasks, like complex planning, emotion regulation, working memory processing, logic in decision making, etc.
And it only develops when we do things we don't want to do, the more we don't want to do them the better it develops.
You could say it's a muscle of willpower and discipline. But the correct name is Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC). Ironically, these things that we don't want to do are not necessarily useful or necessary for us, just the very fact of overpowering is what pushes the development of the area. It's a pity, of course, that you can't struggle and develop it for a while and then use it for the rest of your life. As soon as we stop forcing ourselves, this area weakens and shrinks, rather quickly - not in terms of physical size, but in terms of activity and helping the rest of the brain.
Also, good sleep is important for it too.
