You know, snapshot of our life, we can either be in a state of survival, we can be in a state of

comfort or we can be in a state of thriving.

And I'll explain what those feel like so we get a glimpse

into what they actually are so survival is when we're just trying to make it

through the day our time horizons are very short we're trying to get through

the day maybe sometimes we're just trying to get through the week.

We're a constant overwhelm. We're putting out fires and there never seems to be enough.

We make decisions out of scarcity. If Ted wins, I lose. If I lose, then you win. It's a zero-sum game. And it's exhausting. Obviously, it doesn't last. But we've all

been in survival in some capacity. Then there's a comfort stage. We're no longer in survival. We're no longer putting out

constant fires, but there's nothing on the horizon that's really challenging us.

There's no life is lacking some color. We've become comfortable, we've become complacent.

And in this stage, it's really hard to get motivated long term

for something greater,

but we also don't have the urgency of survival.

So we're kind of stuck.

This is like when we stay stuck,

is where most people are.

And then there's a state of thriving.

And the state of thriving is that when we're seeking the challenge,

when we realize that there's a connection between

the areas of our life and we're consistently in a state of growth doesn't mean things

are easy it means that we're seeking the challenge taking on new initiatives growing internally, growing externally.

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