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Mark Manson Reveals The Secret to Approaching Discomfort
And it’s changed my thinking entirely
Discomfort gets a bad wrap.
I feel sorry for it.
Mark Manson changed my perspective on feeling uncomfortable. He might have said a few too many swear words but I liked what he had to say.
His lesson on discomfort as flipping my thinking 180.
The tradeoff
Most people want an amazing job, financial freedom, and time to spend as they like but not everyone wants to work endless hours at the office, endure office politics, spend time in meetings, and trawl through the paperwork.
Everybody wants the cute puppy that sits on command and falls asleep in their lap but nobody wants to do the midnight pee run.
Most people want to be a successful entrepreneurs sipping pina Coladas on the beach but they don’t want the uncertainty, the public failure, the 100+ hours a week, and their parents thinking they’re a doughnut.
But you can’t have the good without the bad. You can have the reward without the pain.
Feeling uncomfortable is everywhere
Feeling uncomfortable is about as certain as needing an umbrella in the UK. It…
