I want you to do something that makes you feel uncomfortable on a regular basis. Let me explain why.

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• If you want a muscle to get stronger, you have to stress test it with increasing weight.
• I firmly believe that people operate in a similar manner: if you want to grow mentally stronger, you must be able to cope with increasing levels of stress.
• Each of us needs something in our lives that challenges us and makes us feel uncomfortable.
• Comfort is the slow death.
• It makes us lazy, both physically and intellectually.
• We must challenge ourselves to fight against the lure of too much comfort.
• In terms of physical challenges, personally I like to run (well actually I HATE running…), I lift weights, and I take a karate class twice a week.
• I don’t NEED to do any of that: I chose to because its HARD and it feels uncomfortable.
• In that karate class, I often make mistakes, I get hit, I get put under stress testing during sparing, and otherwise suffer all kinds of discomforts and setbacks.
• But you know what? It’s in the discomfort where I learn more: that’s where I am breaking new ground, because that which is comfortable I already know.
• I take the same approach to intellectual pursuits: I read ancient classics or technical textbooks, basically anything that I find challenging and difficult to follow.
• Our minds, like our bodies, are a blade that needs to be sharpened, otherwise it grows dull and blunted.
• Learn a language, play chess, study mathematics: do something that forces you to concentrate in order to understand.
• Train hard, train so hard that you feel like quitting, but keep going.
• Quitting is easy. Quitting is comfortable. Quitters make excuses.
• Finally, seek opposing views. Read news sites or blogs that you disagree with, or listen to podcasts from people you don’t always agree with to challenge your own bias.
• Your beliefs, like your physical fitness, also need to be stress tested.
• If they cannot stand up to stress testing, then they are weak and you should reconsider your beliefs.
• Push, climb, strive. Do what it takes.
• Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

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