Go ahead, get uncomfortable

I asked to be placed in honors classes in high school even though my test scores were not high enough. Four years later I was the class salutatorian with a full scholarship to college.

I asked the parents of a girl for their daughter’s hand in marriage. They said no. I married her anyway. 21 years later, we are still happily married.

I stood up to a bad client who threatened to have my job. His boss agreed with me. Bad client quits that day. I keep my job.

I am not ready to have kids. A kitten comes into my life and show me how much love I still have to give. I have two amazing kids who complete me.

I started presenting digital ideas to clients and they were buying my thinking. My agency could not deliver the resources I needed and in an odd twist they lay me off after 12 years. I reinvent myself as a digital marketer and spend the next 10 years earning more than most people at the previous agency.

I am teaching yoga on the side. Last night I taught my first original sequence and found myself feeling a bit nervous. I got great feedback from my students who said they loved it.

Anytime we find greatness in ourselves is a time that we put ourselves in uncomfortable positions. If we are shaking we are growing.

It is very easy to say no because we are afraid, unsure, or simply because we are just comfortable. I challenge you to flip that on its side. I challenge you to say “yes” instead of “no.”

Tell me, what will you say “YES” to today?