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Think back to some of your biggest
successes in life.
Maybe you made a really big sale, started a new business, or bought a house.
Maybe you got married to the love of your life or went back to school or
completed a marathon. It could be anything you’re truly proud of.
How the hell did you achieve it?
Well, you probably weren’t sitting on the couch pondering your navel.
Chances are you weren’t wrapped up in in the humdrum of your everyday
existence either, or mentally calculating the sharp rise in the price of milk
since 1977.
So what was it?
I may not be able to guess exactly what you were doing, but I can be certain
of one thing: you were uncomfortable. Put a slightly different way, you were
most likely operating outside of your “comfort zone”.
From the nervousness and doubt we feel when we take risks in our careers, to
the muscle soreness and shortness of breath we experience pumping out
another 5 minutes on the treadmill, our biggest successes are born out of
discomfort, uncertainty,
and risk.
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth
doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
In fact, the greater the degree of discomfort you experience, the greater the
difficulty, the greater the sense of personal accomplishment that comes after.
And that’s exactly why great accomplishments and extraordinary successes