Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. –Anais Nin
Are you willing to step out of your comfort zone to see where life truly begins?
When you choose the path of least resistance, you’re fighting millions of years of evolution. In our past environment, everything took effort and everything was uncomfortable. The thing that made you most comfortable back then, saved your life. Doing a certain amount of difficult work was part of survival.
We even make exercise comfortable…air conditioned gyms, watching TV while on a treadmill or require someone to push us during a spin class.
You will become a better, stronger person by going through the difficult stuff.
One of the simplest ways to inoculate yourself to becoming embarrassed by trivial things and prepare for the big things that actually matter is to micro-dose discomfort. Micro-dosing discomfort helps you push past your own belief systems around what you’re capable of doing — It breeds fortitude and mental strength. Over time, this type of thinking becomes a pattern that carries over to how you approach everything — relationships, parenting, business.
I’ve created a unique facebook group called the SISU Comfort Challenge.
Sisu is a unique Finnish concept that can be roughly translated into English as strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity.
Here’s how the SISU Challenge works — Every Monday morning a new comfort challenge will be posted. Commit to it by liking the challenge. Once you like, you must complete it….there’s no turning back! The more you don’t want to do something, the more reason to do it.
Take a picture or video of you doing the challenge and post it THAT day.
Challenges will be physical, mental, social…but nothing you can’t handle!
Please don’t join this group if you’re not ready to push yourself to the next level. This is not for casual observers. If you’re committed to following through, we’d love to have you. But if not, there’s no shame in skipping this one.
If you’re up to it, join the SISU Comfort Challenge group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sisucomfortchallenge/
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