Part 1 - Leaders Need Discomfort to Win

from Second Mile Leadership · host Jason & Isaiah

Humans are creatures of comfort. We are hard wired to seek it and avoid discomfort or anything that can be seen as a threat.The problem, however, is that discomfort is the only place humans can grow.As a result, we have to go against our biological wiring and put ourselves in difficult situations if we hope to grow and become better versions of ourselves.In this episode, Isaiah and Jason discuss the idea of purposely seeking discomfort and how imperative it is to becoming the person you want to be.This is part 1. Part 2 will release next week.

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Humans are creatures of comfort. We are hard wired to seek it and avoid discomfort or anything that can be seen as a threat. The problem, however, is that discomfort is the only place humans can grow. As a result, we have to go against our biological wiring and put ourselves in difficult situations if we hope to grow and become better versions of ourselves. In this episode, Isaiah and Jason discuss the idea of purposely seeking discomfort and how imperative it is to becoming the person ...

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