> [!tldr] You cannot grow without being uncomfortable. You cannot grow without being uncomfortable. If you're constantly comfortable in your work, school, or hobbies - you've stagnated. You're not growing. **A culture of being okay with some level of discomfort is necessary to improve people or processes in an institution.** Discomfort is motivation. Vulnerability is very uncomfortable, and [[Vulnerability is Necessary]]. Also - [[Good Feedback Requires Vulnerability]]. Humans, especially humans in our modern, affluent society can easily slip into a "always comfortable" mode of living, where they stop growing. **This may be an actual contributor to mortality**. → Life IS the struggle. Reminds me that [[Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.]]. Adam Grant also hit on this, saying: > You need to **get comfortable with being uncomfortable**. In particular he used an example with polyglots who studied languages unsuccessfully for *years* before realizing they simply need to immerse themselves in the language, embrace sucking at it, and thereby actually learn how to speak it. Apparently Ted Lasso said something like: "*If you're comfortable, you're doing it wrong*". > [!example] Questions for growth: > - When was the last time you were not comfortable? > - What was the great thing that came out of it? > - Can you remember how you got yourself there in the first place? > - Can you remember the felling of relief when you saw the progress? **** # More ## Source - [[Daring Greatly]] - [[Hidden Potential]] ## Related - [[Vulnerability is Necessary]] - [[Good Feedback Requires Vulnerability]] - [[All Motivation is the Desire to Escape Discomfort]] - [[Allostasis]] - [[Embrace Boredom]] - [[Focus on the Pain]]