Earn Your Happy

667. Comfort Zones are Painful

Feb 11, 2021
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INSIGHT

Choose Discomfort Over Stagnation

  • You are uncomfortable either leaving your comfort zone or staying in it too long; both cause pain.
  • Choosing discomfort with reward beats the pain of stagnation and eventual harsh wake-up calls.
ANECDOTE

Ski Trip Nerves and Rewards

  • Couples attending a ski trip experience nerves about falling on beginner slopes.
  • Focusing on the rewarding future of skiing motivates them through initial falls and discomfort.
ADVICE

Visualize Pain and Reward Clearly

  • Visualize the pain of not expanding and the reward on the other side of growth.
  • Move pain to the present if you don't change and reward to your future to motivate action.
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