69. Why Doing Hard Things Will Change Everything for You

So today, we're talking about the importance of doing hard things, why it's important to do hard things.

So where did this come from? This came from just the current vibe that I'm seeing out in the world right now, where I feel like there's this, there's this tension between the space of well-being and sort of taking a break and not wanting to really step into discomfort and doing hard things.

And in my experience, I think that what people are confusing with wellness and well-being, it's like, "Oh yeah, you need to, like, don't work so hard, slow down," all these things.

And some of that stuff is true, but it has to be done thoughtfully, and it has to be done with intention because what we never wanna do is we really don't wanna stop challenging ourselves.

It's really important for us to do hard things.

Now, what do I mean by hard things? Let's pause, and let's define hard.

Hard is something that feels challenging, something that feels uncomfortable.

So what feels challenging and uncomfortable to you? So it could be physically challenging, training for a marathon, lifting weights.

That's what I'm currently doing these days as I'm, I'm in my mid-40s right now, and I am going hardcore at weight training.

I've always been an athlete.

I've always done a ton of cardio, and I used to lift a lot of weights back in my younger days, and then I focused a ton on cardio 'cause I used to...

Once I became older and I stopped playing sports, I started, uh, running marathons and half marathons, and I am back to weight training hardcore right now because building muscle is really important for women as they get older.

For everybody, but especially women.

So something that's physically challenging could be what is hard for you.

It could be mentally challenging, and, you know, just silly examples, doing, like, crossword puzzles every night, something that's mentally challenging, like solving Sudoku puzzles, uh, but also coming up with a new operating system at work, coming up with a new marketing plan.

That could be mentally challenging.

I have a client that, uh, works with global marketing, and that's challenging, coming up with all these new systems.

It could be emotionally challenging.

So what's something that's emotionally challenging? A difficult conversation.

So many of us avoid difficult conversations because they're difficult, and they feel uncomfortable for us, and a lot of people have a narrative or a story that they don't like conflict or that they're conflict-averse, and that is something we get to change.

Sneak peek at a podcast episode coming up.

But difficult conversations.

It could be growing in relationship.

So maybe it's you have a child who's going through their teenage years, and that is challenging.

So it could be growing in relationship.