What if the charger on your desk could teach you how to grow? We take a familiar object and pull out unexpected lessons about energy, resilience, and the balance between effort and recovery. By pairing everyday battery habits with ideas from The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter, we make a clear case for why deliberate discomfort, followed by real rest, is the shortest path to confidence and meaning. We start with the myths around “overcharging” and why staying at 100 percent comfort slowly w...
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What if the charger on your desk could teach you how to grow? We take a familiar object and pull out unexpected lessons about energy, resilience, and the balance between effort and recovery. By pairing everyday battery habits with ideas from The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter, we make a clear case for why deliberate discomfort, followed by real rest, is the shortest path to confidence and meaning. We start with the myths around “overcharging” and why staying at 100 percent comfort slowly w...
The smallest pause can change the whole route. We take a familiar object—the red octagon we barely notice—and turn it into a practical tool for clarity, courage, and better decisions. Instead of treating stops as momentum killers, we explore how a brief halt creates space to notice options, check conditions, and move with intention rather than habit. You’ll hear how listeners reframed the stop sign as a prompt for reflection, then we build on that idea with a simple, repeatable practice: pau...
Growth Instigators Hotline
What if the charger on your desk could teach you how to grow? We take a familiar object and pull out unexpected lessons about energy, resilience, and the balance between effort and recovery. By pairing everyday battery habits with ideas from The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter, we make a clear case for why deliberate discomfort, followed by real rest, is the shortest path to confidence and meaning. We start with the myths around “overcharging” and why staying at 100 percent comfort slowly w...
