S2E133 The Importance of Struggle
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
No-one wants to experience adversity in life, but the challenges we face can very often be the making of us. In this episode, Brian explains why struggle is vital to the good life and shares how we can prepare for it, conquer it and ultimately benefit from it.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· Why you need struggle to grow.
· Why struggle allows you to step out of your comfort zone.
· How struggle helps you to embrace the grind.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
S2E117, Getting Your Financial House in Order
S2E123, Getting Your Business in Order
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“Many people seek lives without struggle or difficulty. And that in itself will bring tremendous difficulty.” – Brian Buffini
“Struggle is a great teacher. And, when we're prepared for it, we can actually learn to enjoy it.” – Brian Buffini
“You’ve got to go through the life and death struggle of a chrysalis to become a butterfly. That's the only way you learn how to fly.” – Brian Buffini
“The struggle is crucial. If you're struggling right now it's helping you.” – Brian Buffini
“We have to do the hard things to get to easy street.” – Brian Buffini
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to It's A Good Life, the podcast for entrepreneurs, where it's all about growing |
| 0:07.8 | yourself and your business. |
| 0:09.7 | Here's your host, Fander of America's largest business coaching company, Brian the Feeding. |
| 0:18.8 | Welcome to today's episode, The Importance of Struggle. |
| 0:22.8 | By definition, struggle is to make strenuous efforts in the face of difficulties or opposition. |
| 0:29.8 | Many people seek lives without struggle or difficulty and that in itself will bring tremendous |
| 0:35.2 | difficulty. |
| 0:37.0 | Struggle is a great teacher and we're actually prepared for it. |
| 0:40.5 | We can actually learn to enjoy it. |
| 0:43.2 | So let's dive in. |
| 0:45.0 | You know, I'm not a masochist. |
| 0:46.4 | I don't particularly seek out struggle. |
| 0:48.2 | I don't want my life to be harder than it is. |
| 0:50.8 | The reason I have some of this gray on the rooftop here if you're watching on a YouTube |
| 0:55.6 | clip is because I've certainly seen my side of the struggle world and I do all the time. |
| 1:02.6 | It's interesting though in the world we live in today. |
| 1:04.3 | You really get to see it with kids. |
| 1:06.4 | I think all of us would recognize that we've become the person we've become today because |
| 1:11.2 | of the adversity we faced and overcome. |
| 1:14.0 | Our family is a sports family and we're also a coaching family. |
| 1:17.9 | My son Alex is really, it's his calling. |
| 1:20.2 | He's just gifted at it and he's really made a commitment. |
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