Yeah, today's QOD is we have to stretch ourselves. Here we go

Welcome back to the quarter of the day show on your host,

Sean Croxton, a Sean Croxton.com. Thank you so much for

tuning in, my friend and a happy Monday to you. If you got

Brendan Bershard on the show, and today's going to talk

about challenging yourself, like accepting the challenges

that come with life and embracing the uncertainty and the

unknowns that come hand in hand with your own personal

growth, like you can do the hard stuff. And we've talked many

times about that anxiety that you feel when you're growing and

so many of us try to push that anxiety away as if it's a bad

thing. The anxiety is helping you grow. It's like, it's like

the seed that's sprouting. And that sprout is in the darkness

at first. It's under the dirt and it's got to struggle its way

and it's probably like, oh my gosh, like it's so dark in here,

like what am I going to do? But it still struggles its way to

the light, right? And then it becomes this beautiful thing,

but the struggle and the suffering, those were necessary for

the growth. You know, one of my favorite authors I've mentioned

many times is Shelby Steele. He's got a book called A Dream

Deferred, which I highly recommend to you. And on page 79, he

says this, the fact is that failure and suffering are natural

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