Hello, dear internet friends, everybody Chase, I want you to imagine something.

Imagine you're gazing out at the vast expanse of possibility before you.

On one side lies the safety of the familiar and on the other, the allure of growth and the uncertainty that comes

with chasing your dreams and chasing that growth, that personal development. Which would

you choose? Honestly, now, which would you choose? Because the math says that most people would

choose, what is the saying? I think it's something like a familiar hell to an unfamiliar

heaven. This, however, is a decision that we are faced with every day in both big and small ways.

Do we play it safe? Do we stick with the well-trodden path, the, as I mentioned just a second ago,

the familiar, or do we venture into uncharted territory,

risking failure, risking a lack of comfort in the pursuit of something, not even, we're not

even sure this can be greater, something beyond the experience that we're having right now.

Ultimately, I have come to know through my own experiences, through the experiences of many of my dear closest

friends, through the people I've interviewed on the podcast, and frankly, through, you know,

speaking eyeball to eyeball to thousands of people who are in this community who have come

off stages and had eyeball to eyeball conversations with, this choice,

the choice of seeking the unknown or choosing the safe, well-defined path, I've come to know

that these choices will define who you are and who you become. Because here's the truth.

Growth demands courage, right? It asks you to stretch

beyond your limits, to face all kinds of fears head on and to embrace discomfort over and over again.

And while growth may often be bumpy, choosing growth over safety comes with its own kind of

power that you can't find anywhere else because it is

in these moments that we feel the most alive. You can ask people on their deathbeds, when did you

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