{"id":13048,"date":"2016-07-13T02:29:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T06:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/margiewarrellold.flywheelsites.com\/?p=13048"},"modified":"2016-07-13T02:29:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T06:29:08","slug":"choose-growth-over-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/choose-growth-over-comfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose Growth Over Comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I was invited to interview Sir Richard Branson on\u00a0his private Caribbean island. A career highlight for sure! \u00a0Fortunately for me, &#8220;Just call me Richard&#8221; is\u00a0incredibly down to earth person who quickly puts people at ease around him.<\/p>\n<p>Phew.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13036 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Interviewing-Sir-Richard-Branson-on-Necker-Island-500x335.jpg\" alt=\"Interviewing Sir Richard Branson on Necker Island\" width=\"347\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During our interview and on several other occasions during my five days on Necker Island we talked about all sorts of things. \u00a0One\u00a0thing that really struck me was how many times, particularly in his early days as an entrepreneur, he went completely out on a limb to grow his fledgling enterprises. While most of his risks (and third mortgages) paid off, they didn\u2019t always (remember Virgin Cola?). He said the times he failed taught him as much as the times he didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Of course it\u2019s easy to look at people like Richard Branson and say \u201cWell it\u2019s easy for them.\u201d Yet the truth is that it was no easier for him than anyone. He had no way of knowing back then where he\u2019d end up today.<\/p>\n<p>The same applies for anyone who has created something from nothing. They had to try things with no guarantee of success, embracing the nervous discomfort that accompanies all risk. Yet\u00a0in daring to do more than what they\u2019d done before, they built their tolerance for risk\u00a0that helped them navigate a smarter, and braver, path forward.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FHB-JtPjw2g\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Of course, I\u2019ve no idea what challenges you\u2019re facing right now. However I do know that when we spend too much time sticking with the familiar and doing what we can already do well, we miss out on all sorts of opportunities that go to those who aren\u2019t. Opportunities to&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Meet cool people (like Sir Richard!) and build rewarding new relationships.<\/li>\n<li>Learn new skills and gain valuable knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>Grow confidence in ourselves and clarity for our future.<\/li>\n<li>Change thing things we aren\u2019t happy with in our business, work and lives.<\/li>\n<li>Inspire others to be braver in theirs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As I share in the video above (which I&#8217;d love you to watch and share), growing up on a small\u00a0farm in rural Australia I learned that <strong>growth and comfort can\u2019t ride the same horse<\/strong>.<a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/aSVde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/img\/bg-twitter.png\" alt=\"Tweet: Growth and comfort can\u2019t ride the same horse. @MargieWarrell http:\/\/bit.ly\/29JhSfc\" width=\"30\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a> I had plenty of falls from my two horses (particularly the wild second one which I won in a raffle!) As I wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brave<\/a>, I didn\u2019t realize it back then, but each time I saddled up it helped me to \u2018train the brave\u2019 \u2013 strengthening my \u2018courage muscles\u2019 for the challenges that were to come.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? Which area of your life right now is calling you to step bravely up to the plate, embracing whatever discomfort that holds, for something more important?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Courage may not guarantee success, but it always precedes it<\/strong>.<a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/Mc0wc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/img\/bg-twitter.png\" alt=\"Tweet: Courage may not guarantee success, but it always precedes it. @MargieWarrell http:\/\/bit.ly\/29JhSfc\" width=\"30\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I was invited to interview Sir Richard Branson on\u00a0his private Caribbean island. A career highlight for sure! \u00a0Fortunately for me, &#8220;Just call me Richard&#8221; is\u00a0incredibly down to earth person who quickly puts people at ease around him. Phew. During our interview and on several other occasions during my five days on Necker Island [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[84,142,184,208,218,234,295,347,377,423,574,598,628,678,863,867,871,894,903,935,964,1079],"class_list":["post-13048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lead-purposefully","category-live-passionately","tag-attitude","tag-bravery","tag-change","tag-comfort-zone","tag-confidence","tag-courage","tag-discomfort","tag-entrepreneur","tag-fear","tag-goals","tag-letting-go","tag-live-brave-womens-weekend","tag-margie-warrell","tag-necker-island","tag-richard-branson","tag-risk","tag-risk-taking","tag-self-doubt","tag-self-confidence","tag-sir-richard-branson","tag-stop-playing-safe","tag-virgin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}