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The Tom Ferry Podcast Experience

Seek Discomfort | Mindset Monday

The Tom Ferry Podcast Experience

Tom Ferry

Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Are you too comfortable? Yes, I’m talking about you...deciding to go the easy way out and not embracing the uncomfortable work that will make your life comfortable in the long run. In today’s Mindset Monday, I’m talking about how all the growth is in discomfort and how it ultimately creates a comfortable environment. When you choose comfort over discomfort - you end up being stuck in a rut for even longer! Dig deep and get out of your comfort zone now!

Transcript

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Years and years and years of choosing comfort over discomfort actually creates

0:05.4

on comfort.

0:08.1

Hey what's up? I'm re-listening to a wonderful book called The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson,

0:12.8

and if you haven't listened to it,

0:13.7

I strongly recommend it.

0:15.4

You know, he just drives home this killer point

0:17.7

that I believed and preached and coached around for decades.

0:21.8

And it's simply this, you have a choice every single day to be

0:25.2

uncomfortable for a month a year maybe three or four so you can then be really

0:32.0

comfortable for the rest of your career.

0:35.0

On the flip side, what are the vast majority people do?

0:38.0

They seek comfort in the beginning of their business.

0:40.0

Or they seek comfort when things aren't going well.

0:42.0

They seek comfort. They aren't going well.

0:42.5

They seek comfort.

0:43.4

They want to be comfortable in their business

0:46.0

instead of acknowledging that all the growth is in discomfort.

0:49.8

All the growth is in discomfort if you're constantly seeking comfort.

0:54.8

Like I don't want to make my phone calls because it makes me feel uncomfortable.

0:57.8

So I'm going to seek comfort.

0:59.6

What you end up with is years of comfort as your income goes down, as your swag goes down, as your

1:05.6

brand goes down, and then you know what happens? Years and years and years of choosing comfort

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