The Beauty of Discomfort
I recently read Amanda Lang's new book - The Beauty of Discomfort. Great book - simple messages.
She told a number of stories of people who had suffered great adversity (like paralysis, blindness etc) and had still managed to become great successes in life.
There is a section on Linda Hasenfratz who has build Linamar into the powerhouse that it is today. I enjoyed that section because it rightly pointed out the success Linda has had despite being a woman and the daughter of the founder. I know Frank (the father) well and am also friends with Linda.
From a Harper Collins review:
I find when I read or think about a topic, I notice more things about that topic. I read an article in the NY Times on "T
he Tyanny of Convenience". One line "Convenience decides everything". I know this at some level so often set my life up to make it more convenient to do the right thing - like eating right. If the good food is close and available - I eat that. If the bad food is - I eat that.
And an article by Chris Bailey "Chasing Discomfort" talks about unpleasant things often being good for you so you should chase them. I know that was how I felt working out today.
We work on building a life with convenience then have to work at making ourselves healthy by doing the things we conveniently avoided (like driving instead of walking)
Something to think about next time I have to circle the parking lot at the gym to get a parking space closer to the door.
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And eat your greens to be smarter - see this NPR article.
She told a number of stories of people who had suffered great adversity (like paralysis, blindness etc) and had still managed to become great successes in life.
There is a section on Linda Hasenfratz who has build Linamar into the powerhouse that it is today. I enjoyed that section because it rightly pointed out the success Linda has had despite being a woman and the daughter of the founder. I know Frank (the father) well and am also friends with Linda.
From a Harper Collins review:
And an article by Chris Bailey "Chasing Discomfort" talks about unpleasant things often being good for you so you should chase them. I know that was how I felt working out today.
We work on building a life with convenience then have to work at making ourselves healthy by doing the things we conveniently avoided (like driving instead of walking)
Something to think about next time I have to circle the parking lot at the gym to get a parking space closer to the door.
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And eat your greens to be smarter - see this NPR article.