Fuel Personal Growth by Deliberately Seeking Discomfort

Fuel Personal Growth by Deliberately Seeking Discomfort
A study at the famous Second City improv club in Chicago shows the benefits of purposely aiming for discomfort
Emily Willingham
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Mar 30, 2022
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Photo by Michel Grolet on UnsplashWhen it comes to building athletic strength and resilience, a well-known phrase captures the process: “no pain, no gain.” That rhyming philosophy may apply to mental growth as much as…
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Written by Emily Willingham
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Journalist, author, Texan, biologist. I write All About Us (we=us), All About Adolescence (our longest growth stage), & All About Aging (we’re all doing it).
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