How the ability to sit with discomfort can unlock your team and relationship building skills? 🧘

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This skill is the most powerful element, along with curiosity, that can skyrocket your growth.

😳 What is discomfort?

“Mental or physical uneasiness.” — Merriam-Webster dictionary.

It’s when we experience so-called “negative emotions” after a situation or a thought. It’s worthwhile to emphasize that, although they might feel uncomfortable, there is no such thing as a negative emotion.

All emotions are a carrier of information. That’s it.

🧘What does sitting with discomfort mean?

It’s being able to feel, and inquire with you emotions.

Let me explain.

We all fall into the trap of being either entangled (caught) in our emotions or trying to repress and get rid of them.

Entangled-in means living emotion as if in a small boat in the sea and giving in to the current. Repressing is about trying to compensate or stop feeling them.

The two above are not efficient as they do not help us understand the intention of what is happening inside us.

👉🏼 How to sit with discomfort?