Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable

“If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” - Lemony Snicket

Squatting heavy ass weight is not comfortable.

Attempting to jump into a goliath code base is not comfortable.

Putting yourself on the line, completely vulnerable, is not comfortable.

They all pretty much feel like jumping into a pool, that has no visible bottom... but that's the best way to learn to swim.

Maybe, the first time you attempt a weight, you get stapled.

Maybe, the first time changing a code base, you break the build.

Maybe, when you ask that VC for funding, you get turned-down.

Eventually, though, that weight won't be so heavy, that code base won't be so daunting and that VC won't be so intimidating.

That's when we have grown... and after that it is just time to move on to the next uncomfortable event.