https://www.reddit.com/r/GetMotivated/comments/cbizb5/text_there_is_no_growth_in_comfort_and_no_comfort/

I first heard this at my daughter’s dance convention by one of the dance instructors. I’ve brought this quote to work and it’s really been making a difference in getting people out of their comfort zones. But there are two more zones you have to cross before you reach the growth zone. The “fear zone” and the “learning zone”. I tell my employees that they must fight their way out of the comfort zone and keep resisting the strong pull to go back there. It’s tough, but it’s worth it. Nothing great in this world has ever come from people who stay in the comfort zone.



https://www.reddit.com/r/GetMotivated/comments/cbo9tx/text_i_had_a_million_excuses_now_im_wishing_i/

I've been fat my whole life. I lived in poverty and as a result, I ate like crap. Poverty does that to you. You eat crap because that's all you can afford. So, when I reached adulthood, finally made full time, making $52k a year after living most of my late teens and all of my twenties in poverty, I got even fatter. At my heaviest I was 301.

I had every excuse under the sun. I couldn't imagine how I could lose weight. I can't lose weight. I wouldn't be able to stand dieting. You name it, I said it.

Then, it dawned on me. "What's wrong with trying the easy options first, that way, if you fail at it, you can try the harder options later."

So, earlier this year, I decided to try what I considered to be a very easy option. I felt certain it was doomed to fail. I'm kind of a lazy person by nature because of how hard I worked while I was impoverished making me develop an aversion to hard work. My plan served as a placeholder. This will fail, but I can say I tried it before moving on.

Breakfast: 180 calories in the form of a protein shake with 20g protein.

Lunch: skip

Dinner: my normal dinner when I get off work.

Here's why I expected the plan to fail: I get hungry (really freaking hungry) before dinner and I simply force my way through it. I also have not added much exercise to my routine.

I started in February at 290 pounds. I weighed myself this morning at 251.

The entire time I was doing this, I felt certain I was not losing weight. My mind kept saying, "No, this can't be right. See? you went up a pound this week. Oh look, you didn't lose a pound this week. Look, you only lost half a pound this week."

Here's where I really started to feel like this was real:

First, my doctor was thrilled in my recent visit.

Next, I visit my dad in California once a year when we both have vacation time. My uncle Abel, who hasn't seen me since 2018, said to me, "Did you lose weight? Didn't you use to be bigger?"

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I look at how I used to eat and I laugh. "How the hell couldn't you notice all those extra calories you were eating? Didn't it bother you all that extra money you were spending on food?"

Now, all I'm saying to myself is, "Crap, imagine how thin I'd be if I'd started a year earlier."

https://www.reddit.com/r/GetMotivated/comments/cboj28/discussion_everyones_actions_matter_no_matter_how/

Just imagine if in the beginning of "A New Hope," the soldier fired a laser at the escape pod. The empire might have never fallen!

Everyone's choices can affect something, even to something as big as three movies.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GetMotivated/comments/cbolgb/discussion_discussing_your_adversities_and/

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