**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. **** # More ## Source - [[Daring Greatly]] ## Related - [[Vulnerability is Necessary]] - [[Good Feedback Requires Vulnerability]] - [[All Motivation is the Desire to Escape Discomfort]] - [[Allostasis]]