Wake up
If you want to stay in bed and hit the snooze button three times, you are motivated by the warm comfort of sleep. Sleep is necessary, but the additional comfort of nine minutes is not.
Entertainment is a form of escape
It isn’t necessarily negative, unless it consumes more of your time than it should, and unless is subtracts from your higher calling.
That escape is a form of comfort. It prevents you from having to deal with the part of your reality that isn’t comfortable.
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The avoidance of constructive conflict is a form of comfort
Not having to have necessary – but difficult conversations – is another form of comfort that may motivate you. In this case the motivation is avoidance. Some people are afraid to share their voice, fearful that they will be judged as not being good enough – or worse, ridiculed. They find comfort and safety in the fear of not having to risk being criticised.
Comfort is a growth and performance inhibitor
It prevents you from being more, having more, doing more, and contributing more. If you are not uncomfortable, you are not growing. More still, you are not making the contribution you are capable of making.
Comfort should motivate you – it’s a warning sign that you need to make a significant change and stretch yourself beyond whatever you are comfortable with now.
