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The real secret to success is enthusiasm.
-- Walter Chrysler
 

 

Monday, January 8, 2024

Emerge from your comfort

Make yourself comfortable and enjoy it for a while. Then get yourself away from the comfort.

Reward yourself with comfortable, expected experiences. Then get out into life, into the unknown, into the uncomfortable, and earn even more rewards.

It’s powerful to know you can come back to a comfortable, secure, predictable place. But as soon as the comfort starts to become complacency, you’ve had more than enough.

In a state of comfort you have potential opportunities for improvement. If you’re moving along at a pace that’s comfortable, for example, you have the chance to pick up the pace and lengthen your stride for a few miles.

When you find yourself getting too comfortable, let that prompt you to consider the possibilities for your next adventure, your next advancement. When you’re confident that you know what to expect, you’re able to aim that confidence in new and unexpected directions.

Life is a continuing process of renewal, and effective renewal necessarily involves some challenge. Choose to regularly emerge from your comfort, to face new challenges, and reap the many benefits of doing so.

— Ralph Marston

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