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Modern humans have engineered the world for comfort and ease.

Most people rarely step outside of their comfort zones these days—we’re living progressively soft, sterile, temperature-controlled, over-fed, under-challenged, safety-netted lives. And it’s slowly limiting the degree to which we experience our, as the poet Mary Oliver put it, “one wild and precious life.”

But a growing body of evidence shows that people are at their best—physically harder, mentally tougher, and spiritually sounder—after doing hard sh*t. We’re talking about pushing back against our world of ease and comfort and actively seeking occasional hardship.

Michael will unpack the science of why doing hard things is so beneficial. He’ll cover:

* What a month in the Arctic taught him about the value of doing hard things.

* The state of modern comfort and how it presents a conundrum.

* Why you’re wired to do hard things.

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