Discomfort Drives Growth

Comfort can ruin you. Growth happens in discomfort.

There are four stages you can be in...

  • stagnation - nothing new happens to you, you are at a constant state.
  • order - things are changing in a predictable way
  • complexity - Things are out of order. Outcome can't be predicted reliably. This is the ideal stage for growth
  • chaos - nothing can be predicted
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Negative habits are to avoid a negative feeling

The unwanted habits or behaviors are triggered by a negative emotion that you want to get away from. The unwanted behavior is how you distract yourself from the negative emotion. People strive to avoid psychological discomfort. Eg. I'll w

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Published on: Jan 24, 2023

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