Welcome to Let it be easy with Susie Moore.

Let's talk for a moment, shall we, about the thing we're all desperate to avoid, which is

discomfort. It's proven humans will do far more to avoid pain than they will to actively seek pleasure.

Discomfort feels, ooh, it almost feels like a recoiling feeling, right?

We can feel ourselves stepping back.

We can almost picture ourselves wanting to jump out of a moving bus,

then feel discomfort for even just a few minutes. This is why we avoid hard conversations.

This is why we avoid being new at things. This is why we avoid putting ourselves out there,

being willing to be rejected or criticized or being willing to fail.

I want to speak to you about the importance of discomfort and frankly it's day-to-day presence if you are seeking out big goals for filling your dreams

and if you are on the path to achieving everything that it is that you want to be do and have.

Discomfort is not optional. In fact, I think to myself, I can feel this in my body.

If I have no discomfort,

and I'm not talking about pain, right?

And I'm not talking about shame.

I'm not talking about envy.

I'm talking about that feeling of,

oh my gosh, is this going to work out?

Is it okay that I'm here?

Gosh, I'm really going for it with this.

Have I been thinking too big?

Oh my, like, whoa, this is just new and different and expansive and I don't know if I'm ready

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