Welcoming challenges rather than seeing them as threats is “positive discomfort”.

A recent Washington Post story tells how U.S. women’s national soccer team coach Emma Hayes kept her starters in the lineup for a “grueling” 90 minutes – it looked like the team would be eliminated by sheer exhaustion.

But instead, they won the gold medal.

This is no pain, no gain on steroids.

“Fun, goofiness, humanity and cohesion” and “love”.

But one important caveat.

Before you ask others to weather discomfort, the team whether on the field or at the office must feel that you are on their side.

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