5-MINUTE FRIDAY: The Benefit Of Going Through Hard Times

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Emily Abbate

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🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Reflecting this week on the difference that a year can make. Plus: Answering a listener question about data overload, our connected generation, and if it's possible to have "too much" of a good thing.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, Emily Abadi here. You are listening to Five Minute Friday from Hurtle. I'm home and it feels so nice. And on Monday, I am going back to my favorite. Okay, one of my favorite places. I'm going back to Paris. I'm going out for breaking four. It's Faith Kippeggens' effort to break four minutes in the mile. I am, I'm excited to be back. And it has me really evaluating, gosh, like what is going on now versus this time last year.
0:54.7	Literally on June, I think it was June 26th last year, I got an email offering me work during
1:04.4	the Olympics in Paris.
1:06.4	And that email came after I made the conscious decision that I was going to go out there anyway.
1:11.9	I was going to hit the ground running, literally physically, and do as many athlete interviews
1:17.9	as possible, network as much as possible, and really put myself out there going, admittedly,
1:24.5	a little bit outside of my comfort zone to chase what felt so right for me. And in doing
1:31.3	that, I was rewarded. I was rewarded for going outside of my comfort zone because more work
1:38.7	found me. When I was willing to create space and stop worrying so much about the things that were out of my control,
1:46.2	it opened up more doors for me. And that's a lesson that I continually go back to time and
1:53.6	time again, especially in the top half of this year when I was wondering in moments,
1:59.4	what's going on here? Why do I consistently feel as
2:03.3	though I'm putting a round peg into a square hole? I know that you've been there. So yeah,
2:10.2	as I reflect back to this time last year and I think about my trip next week, I'm feeling
2:14.5	sentimental and grateful for the moments that I felt like I wasn't good enough.
2:20.4	I felt frustrated that I didn't have it all together because it is in these moments that we learn
2:26.4	who we really are. And I know that I have the tenacity and the strength and the courage to
2:32.8	keep going when things don't feel easy.
2:37.3	And that is something I'm really grateful for. It's also something that I want to make sure I
2:42.9	drive home. It is very rarely when things are smooth sailing, when everything is going
2:47.5	well, that you learn a ton. Yes, it's important to enjoy the ride. And I'm
2:53.2	saying every day you need to wake up and face a challenge, not at all. But I encourage you in
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