Naval Ravikant is arguably one of the greatest thinkers in the world right now.
While he serves as a co-founder for AngelList, he regularly discusses a wide range of topics via numerous videos and podcast interviews.
Here’s what he had to say in Tools of Titans about the three options that every human has in any situation:
“You can change it, you can accept it, or you can leave it. What is not a good option is to sit around wishing you would change it but not changing it, wishing you would leave it but not leaving it, and not accepting it. It’s that struggle, that aversion, that is responsible for most of our misery. The phrase that I use the most to myself in my head is one word: accept.”
This simplistic approach can make any overwhelming decisions or situations much easier. By choosing one of the three options, there is action actually being taken.
Wishing changes nothing. Action can change everything.