Chad Silverstein argues that elite performers deliberately push themselves into extreme challenges to discover hidden capabilities. Comfort kills growth, even for top performers. Surrounding yourself with people who push hard is essential.
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But the elite do this. They find ways to make it really hard and sometimes over-tilt. You don't want to stay there too long, but you definitely want to put yourself in a challenging situation so that you can not only study how you're going to react to that, but you don't know what type of a challenge might take your level of performance to a whole nother level that you never thought was possible. And I saw this in my company with so many people, and the results could, you know, they can multiply. You want to be around other people who are going to be able to kick your butt. And if you don't have that, then you need to find and figure out some way to find someone who will. And if you're comfortable and you don't think you have to, it's fine. You may be the top dog with the biggest numbers, but you're not going to get that much better.