I ran away.
Sometimes because I was afraid. Sometimes because I was exhausted. Sometimes because I didn’t know what else to do. And sometimes, I ran because somewhere deep within myself, I knew that whatever I was running from wasn’t meant for me.
The problem was, for a long time, I couldn’t tell the difference.
Pressure can reveal not only our limitations, but also our beliefs about those limitations.
When pressure magnifies an insecurity, we have a choice in how we interpret it. Do we assume that discomfort confirms we’re incapable? Or do we become curious about what we might need to learn?
The goal isn’t necessarily to become better at enduring pressure. It’s to become better at understanding what pressure is revealing and deciding what to do with that information.
And importantly, a growth mindset doesn’t mean every challenge deserves our persistence. Sometimes growth means developing the discernment to walk away.
Pressure + discernment = secret sauce. The two together bring us to developing both a growth mindset, as well as resilience.
Growth mindset: What if pressure isn’t revealing what we’re incapable of, but what we haven’t learned how to do yet?
Resilience: We spend so much time anticipating what might break us. But what if we’ve underestimated our capacity to move through difficult things?
read the full essay: https://benjalscoastalclub.substack.com/p/i-ran-away?r=8dbf8s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
