Challenge

People say they like a challenge, it keeps life interesting. Still the majority of people underachieve, play it safe, and settle. A challenge is a conquest and the stuff heroes are made out of. So in a way its a fantasy; we all want to be heroes.

Yet we still behave in a way to limit challenges. Because although they are fun and exciting, they are also scary and dangerous. Success trumps challenge far too often. So we run the races we know we can win, and we apply to the jobs we feel we can confidently succeed at. Unfortunately, we succeed, just like we knew we would, and so we are rewarded for being safe. Which then makes us avoid challenge even more so that we can get that feeling again.

We are happy, but just happy enough to be satisfied because there is always that maybe in the back of your mind. The maybe you could have had more, done more, or gotten more. We can pretend that we don't want the challenge but the truth is we do. We want it but we don't allow ourselves to go after it. We are designed to assess possible outcomes. So the pros and cons rule our decision-making because we are logically thinking beings.

I'm not advocating for the absence of logic. We have this ability because it is useful. All I'm saying is believe in yourself as unstoppable, tie that thought into your logic. No mountain is too high. So yes think before you act, but when you do, think about succeeding even the biggest challenges.