Quotes about Challenge

It's uncomfortable to stand up in front of strangers. It's uncomfortable to propose an idea that might fail. It's uncomfortable to challenge the status quo. It's uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle. When you identify the discomfort, you've found the place where a leader is needed.

This is an addictive pastime. You take no real risk, touch the world, and it responds. Repeat.

The challenge is to focus on the work, not on the fear that comes from doing the work.

If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader.

The Dip is the long slog between starting and mastery. A long slog that's actually a shortcut, because it gets you where you want to go faster than any other path.

Commit to the frightening work of flying blind.

If you took organic chemistry in college, you've experienced the Dip. Academia doesn't want too many unmotivated people to attempt medical school, so they set up a screen. Organic chemistry is the killer class, the screen that separates the doctors from the psychologists. If you can't handle organic chemistry, well, then, you can't go to med school.

Deep change is difficult, and worth it

Eye contact, all by itself, is enough to throw your lizard brain into a tizzy. Imagine how scary it must be to set out to do something that will get you noticed, or perhaps even criticized.

If you seek to become indispensable, a similar question is worth asking: "Where do you put the fear?" What separates a linchpin from an ordinary person is the answer to this question.

Emotional labor is the task of doing important work, even when it isn't easy. Emotional

Change is the first sign of risk.