Pursuing Growth Quotes

Being in the uncomfortable zone is much better than staying in the cheese-less situation .

If we remain compelled by comfort, we will miss the greatest adventures of our calling.

Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in the harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out.

I think new experiences are extremely important. I think it's really important to constantly challenge yourself. Comfort is not a good thing. It's good to take yourself out of your comfort zone and to look for new challenges.

Almost everything we'll ever do in life that is really powerful, that really produces a result in our lives, that quantum-leaps us to a new level . . . requires us to do something uncomfortable. It takes risks to achieve. It's often scary. It requires something you didn't know before or a skill you didn't have before. But in the end, it's worth it. As former Congressman Ed Forman says, 'Winners are those people who make a habit of doing things losers are uncomfortable doing.' Make today your day to start that uncomfortable new habit.

I look for something that can challenge me or makes me ever so slightly afraid - fearful of how I am going to approach it - then I'll go for it. If the project appears linear or predictable, then I'll usually give it a miss. Anything that involves me being stretched as an actor, I go for.

One of the great things about the 'Arrow' crew is that no one is settling for what they did yesterday. They're always thinking about what they can do tomorrow.

Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not demanding more from yourself - expanding and learning as you go - you're choosing a numb existence. You're denying yourself an extraordinary trip.

Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.

Always have fun but stay hungry. Find that balance.

The activity you're most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity

Everyone wants to be tested and challenged. Everyone would like a good, honest fight to exhaust their frustrations.