A Good Life Embraces Friction

Matt Kornfield
5 min readApr 18, 2024

And a soft life makes a soft person

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Let’s Hear it for Friction

The bill of goods we’ve been sold in the 21st century is how friction is bad.

  • “Eliminate friction in your life, you deserve more time!”
  • “Frictionless interactions are the cornerstone of success.”
  • “Ah, that’s a high friction way to…

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