{"id":291,"date":"2020-10-31T02:51:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T02:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.jal.mybluehost.me\/\/?p=291"},"modified":"2021-02-01T10:26:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T18:26:02","slug":"understanding-the-underpinnings-of-uncomfortable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/blog\/understanding-the-underpinnings-of-uncomfortable\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Underpinnings of Uncomfortable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">It\u2019s not uncommon to feel uncomfortable when you\u2019re embarking on something new, especially when a specific outcome isn\u2019t guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Learning and growth involve <a href=\"http:\/\/thisisindexed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/card27451.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">pushing past our comfort zones<\/span><\/a> so we can expand into new horizons of possibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">But when that uncomfortable feeling surfaces, it\u2019s important to understand its underpinnings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Is it because you&#8217;re afraid or you\u2019re not sure?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">If you\u2019re afraid, it may very well be linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impostor_syndrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">impostor syndrome<\/span><\/a>. Most of us at one time or another feel hesitant for fear that we\u2019re not enough or we might fail. You can let this type of fear get in the way of stepping into your own possibility or you can choose to embrace it to propel yourself forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">If you\u2019re not sure, it\u2019s crucial to probe further as to why. It might simply stem from the natural tension that comes from the lack of a specific guarantee and you can press on or it might be a warning sign that something is off and it\u2019s important to pump the brakes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">If we want to learn, level-up, and innovate, we need to experience being uncomfortable. We also need to develop the self and situational awareness to discern the different types of uncomfortable so we can mitigate the perilous ones and leverage the ones that underpin positive forward motion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">It\u2019s not uncommon to feel uncomfortable when you\u2019re embarking on something new, especially when a specific outcome isn\u2019t guaranteed. But when that uncomfortable feeling surfaces, it\u2019s important to understand its underpinnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,3,10,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-change","category-innovation","category-leadership","category-learning","category-trust"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions\/405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}