Get uncomfortable

As you get older, you’ll find that you’ve made a comfy life for yourself.

Your housing, job, family, etc. are all pretty much in a set routine.

You don’t notice that this is “comfortable” though until something disrupts your routine…

My first shock at this came in 2019 when I was walking to my first shift as a Starbucks barista.

I’d been working at a startup full time for about two years, and was now adding on a second job.

At the startup, I was a leader and manager that helped run our team and our customer service.

At Starbucks, I was a new barista, bottom of the totem pole, having tons to learn in a very short amount of time.

I hadn’t been the “dumb newbie,” nor this uncomfortable, in years.

Fast forward a couple more years though, and the discomfort just increased.

Starting and failing a coffee business, hanging onto FP which was not making money, losing the barista job as the location closed, going on unemployment and government healthcare...

Not to mention years of enduring sighs, looks, and comments of disbelief—or hearing shallow encouragement—when telling others what I’m working on.

However, let me tell you: If you’re going to be starting and running a business of your own, you’ll have to get used to being uncomfortable.

Comfortable with the uncomfortable.

Ask any successful business owner and entrepreneur and they’ll tell you this.

• If they remained comfortable, they would not have succeeded.

• They would not have moved forward in their life.

• They would not be living the current life they once only dreamed of.

So, if you’re in your own business journey and feeling a bit uncomfortable…

Congrats!

If you were completely comfy then chances are something is going very wrong.

Be encouraged in knowing that the discomfort today is getting you closer towards the future you’re working towards.

You’ll be growing so much as a person, and as you learn and grow, so will your business.

My advice if you want to succeed in your business, and even life?

Throw out the comfort, and get uncomfortable.

Michael