So I will take the hurt of stepping out of my comfort zone but I will remove resistance

of fear, uncertainty and doubt so that it's only discomfort and not suffering.

What's happening friends I'm Bedros Coolian and you are watching and listening to the Bedros Coolian

show. Today we're going to talk about suffering and is it really necessary for growth and

personal development and so before we start I want to thank you all for being advocates of

the Bedros Coolian show it is growing very quickly and it's because you continue to share the

episodes you continue to leave reviews and you continue to get involved and engaged.

With that said is suffering really necessary for development and growth. Now I can tell you guys

this that I've been guilty of saying that suffering introduces a man to his highest self.

And in fact I put on events like the project and I have an annual event every December called

Suckfest and I talk about this experience called the Musogi which is an experience that

comes from the Japanese culture and in the Musogi culture the whole idea there with the Musogi is to

put yourself under pressure to put yourself under stress for a long period of time to prepare

yourself for the upcoming year. It's something that they do towards the end of the year.

November, December preparing for the upcoming year to be even more prosperous.

One example of Musogi that I remember reading about is dude would stand under the waterfall like

a raging waterfall in the cold for four hours and he would just go to this place.

Now is that suffering or is that discomfort? Is the project the 75 hour experience that we do

for men? Is that suffering or is that discomfort? Is Suckfest this ridiculous experience that

I go through every December similar to a Musogi? Is that suffering or discomfort?

And what's the difference? And that's what I want to unpack today because it is important to know

that life is hard for two reasons, right? People always say well man life is hard and I always

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