Episode 230

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Intro

We know: Growth and Comfort are incompatible.
Choose Your Hard: Workout or Poor Health, Regret or Discipline, Pleasing everyone or Pursuing what matters, Debt or Financial Discipline.
When displayed like that- the choice is easy.

Caution

The Danger: We never think we choose the wrong hard, we introduce an unnecessary extreme.
- Work Hard or Stay Same…..Not a workaholic.
- Be Fit or Unhealthy….Still going to be social.
- Debt or Financial Discipline….Still going to have fun.
- Leader or People Pleaser….Not going to be a jerk.
We never accept we chose the wrong hard, we paint an extreme and position ourselves against that.

Teaching

We avoid the wrong extreme.
If you’re trying to develop a habit, you are obviously more predisposed to choosing the wrong hard. You’re not close to the other extreme.
Introducing the wrong extreme only gives you an excuse.

Application

You’re not close to burnout, you’re closer to laziness.
You’re not close to being a health nut, you’re closer to not making any healthy decisions.
You’re not close to not being able to be with friends, you’re close to not being able to get a loan.

Point

You have to know which excuse you’ll gravitate towards:
- Workout (Piece of Cake) Healthy Eating (Piece of Cake!). I’ll tell myself, well I have to eat like this to be social. I’m not close to not being social; I’m close to never eating healthy.
- My risk is not accessibility, my risk is a lack of prioritization on what really matters.
- My risk is not neglecting my kids, my risk is not being with friends.
Avoiding the wrong extreme keeps you in mediocrity.