You say you want to grow, you are ready for change and bigger challenges, ready for better outcomes. But the moment things feel unfamiliar or awkward or hard, you hesitate and second guess yourself. You wonder if maybe it is not the right time or if you are really cut out for it.

Growth sounds exciting until it feels like uncertainty, risk, or criticism. We want the results, the transformation, the success that comes with it because it promises something better. What we don’t realize is we like the idea of growth more than the actual experience of it. What’s harder is accepting the process it takes to get there. And that process usually feels uncomfortable.

You cannot expand and stay the same. Something has to stretch or shift. So if you want growth, you have to stop treating discomfort as a sign that something is wrong. It might be the clearest sign you are actually on the right track.