Paweł Cisło's Reviews > The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

It gave me a lot of influence to realise that when you are perceiving activities as chosen by yourself to achieve (like running a marathon), it becomes a pleasure to do it. Whereas if you would be forced to it (a criminalist puts a gun to your head and asks you to run the marathon), it would feel like a pain to go through.