In football, the question was simple: are you hurt, or are you injured? If you were hurt, you pushed through. If you were injured, you repaired. Entrepreneurs face the same reality. Pain is unavoidable when building something meaningful.
The challenge is interpretation.
Too many treat hurt like injury and quit before the breakthrough. Others treat injury like hurt and grind harder while their foundation erodes. The separator isn’t grit—it’s discernment. The leaders who last are the ones who can read the pain clearly, and move accordingly.