Gravitational Pull

Personal growth is an argument. It disagrees with how things have always been. A new idea, a new lens to see a new angle, or a disruptive set of actions. Our normal patterns of “being” are comfortable. If it’s working, why try to improve, why be open to a better way? 

If your current default settings are producing reasonable results, staying put becomes reasonable. If you find yourself in discomfort, consider these two reasons:

1. The default isn’t reasonable anymore and it hurts

2. You’re in the middle of getting a new default 

Sometimes circumstances force us into growth mode. Sometimes the pain of your current settings outweigh the pain of growth. 

Our default has a gravitational bias towards comfort. A baby step towards growth is finding a tribe that normalizes the discomfort, and is always growing.