REmbrace Discomfort, it's a propeller to success

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Seth Godin

Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you’re doing something others are unlikely to do, because they’re hiding out in the comfortable zone.

Seek out discomfort. Be deliberate about doing things that push your limits magnificently.

Difficulty helps us to grow.

Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo, Psychologist and author of “Better Than Perfect, says people who regularly seek out fresh experiences tendto be more creative and emotionally resilient than those who remain stuck in routine.

“Breaking your own mold can only make you stronger and more confident to reach higher levels in your professional and personal life,” she says.

If you want long-term success, stop avoiding what’s hard, and embrace it now.

If you’re truly pushing yourself to improve — in any capacity whatsoever — you are uncomfortable.

When you are challenged, you are asked to become more than you were.

That means creating new perspectives, acquiring new skills and pushing boundaries.

In other words you have to expand your understanding in order to be able to overcome the obstacles facing you.

If everything is too good, you’re probably stuck not being awesome.

Learning to be comfortable with discomfort is one of the most important skills you can ever have to live a truly fulfilling life.

If you learn this skill, you can master pretty much anything.

Embracing and staying with discomfort doens’t come naturally.

If you are a seeker of any kind you will push boundaries.

Commit to the uncomfortable

It’s easy to isolate yourself in a comfort zone where no one challenges your ideas, asks tough questions or push you to questions your decisions and improve.

Encourage challenges to your judgment, don’t shirk from them.

You can better manage threats and opportunities if you open up to challenge.

Everyone has blindspots. Diverse thinkers can help you fill the gaps where you fall short, and challenge your assumptions to help you become a better thinker.

You can rely on them to think differently and offer fresh solutions.

Do you keep doing what’s always been done, or challenge old assumptions and try new approaches to problems?

Do you go about seeking new challenges or just manage those you already have?

Willingly seeking out the uncomfortable is hard.

It might shake your confidence but that’s precisely the point.

The more you offer yourself measured doses of unfamiliar, high-pressure experiences, the better your chances of making better and informed decisions, solving problems, and becoming the best version of yourself.

It may feel uncomfortable at first, but by acknowledging biases and misguided judgments, you can significantly reduce the risk of making errors.

Master discomfort

Discomfort can be the joyful key that opens up everything for you.

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