Beyond comfort is the beginning of growth

Sai Krishna V. K
Jul 24, 2017 · 3 min read

When I have been asked “How have you been?”, there’s a moment of pause occasionally. If everything is too good, it really isn’t. Let me rephrase: If your immediate answer is that everything is going perfectly great, you probably might be a little stuck. I was, for too long a time.

Comfort and growth have never been about a balancing act. It’s about the act of not being in your comfort zone or elements in order to work on the things you want to.

Breaking a habit, trying something new, taking a risk, making new connections, or putting yourself in a totally new situation won’t be easy, but it’s worth it. It’s exhausting but rewarding.

“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”

Comfort can lead to self-absorption, boredom, and discontent. You can either be comfortable and stagnate or stretch yourself — become uncomfortable — and grow. Choose the latter. You’ll regret it the next day, the next week and perhaps even longer. But beyond that passage, is a better you. Breaking your own mold can only make you stronger and more confident to reach higher levels in your professional and personal life. Stretch yourself. You might just like what’s possible.

Go where the demands are high. Go where the pressure is to perform.

Discomfort is a catalyst for growth. It makes you yearn for something more. It forces you to change, stretch, and adapt.

The secret to success lies in the very thing you’re avoiding. Those things that seem to break you down and humble your spirit.

Oh and haven’t I had my spirits humbled. Time and time again. But go back at it. You’ll go back stronger, more aware and eventually triumph what you wanted to. Seek out discomfort. Be deliberate about doing things that push your limits magnificently. Difficulty helps you to grow.

When you are challenged, you are asked to become more than you were. That means creating new perspectives, acquiring new skills and pushing boundaries. These tasks may seem more ‘painful’ at first, but you’ll achieve more that can impact your end result. And that will be just the start.

Think about it. How many things were once uncomfortable for you which you now accept without difficulty? Unfortunately, many people avoid discomfort. They do everything they can to avoid it. How do I know that? I did the exact thing for years together. It took a group of incredible yet very different people compared to me, in order for me to even realize.

By no means is the journey complete. There await goals, people to be surrounded by, people to avoid being with and most importantly a new set of goals. This is perhaps the biggest limiting factor for most people, and it’s why you can’t change your habits.

What’s my current discomfort? Writing. Yet, here we are.

Discomfort catalyses progress!

Saitec

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