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✨Breaking Free: Growth Over Comfort · Peace in a Pod

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  Hey, hey, soul tribe, welcome to peace in the pie.
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  I am Loretta and thank you guys for tuning in today.
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  So I was doing a little thinking about the choices we have every
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  day and every day that we wake up, we have two choices comfort
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  or growth. And when you think about what
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  comfort is, I mean, obviously it it the definition, it's, it's
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  comfortable. Why would you?
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  Why would you not want to choose comfort?
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  But comfort feels good now. It's like a temporary
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  satisfaction, but it stills your future.
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  If you think about it, you're staying comfortable.
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  So you're not willing to step out of your comfort zone to grow
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  and do a little more or be a little more.
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  You're kind of keeping yourself in a little bubble and you're
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  holding yourself back when you choose comfort.
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  I mean, it's good for that moment, but for long term you're
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  you're kind of holding yourself back from from growth.
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  Growth can be uncomfortable and sometimes it hurts, but it
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  builds something real inside of you.
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  When you think about growth and what you have to go through, it
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  can be a little scary because, for example, you want a change
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  in pace in your job and you see a few options out there, but you
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  don't want to necessarily change the work that you do.
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  You just want to change the environment that you're in.
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  So you choose comfort and only apply for the jobs that is the
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  same work that you've been doing.
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  So you're not really growing in that field.
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  You're just staying comfortable and just moving from one place
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  to the next. And you're kind of holding
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  yourself back when you do that. And if that's, you know, if you
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  don't want to change anything, you don't have to.
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  But if you are the type of person who looks for growth, you
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  want to be better, know more, you know, keep expanding, then
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  applying for the same exact type of role with that doesn't have
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  any potential for growth, only holds you back.
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  It steals you, steals your future from you.
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  So if you're someone who wants to keep expanding, you want to
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  keep evolving and growing as an individual, then looking for a
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  job where there's an opportunity for progression promotion would
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  probably be a little bit more suitable.
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  And you would take the growth route because you want to
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  expand. You want a a long term
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  satisfaction rather than a temporary satisfaction.
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  And you know in the long term you'll be able to progress down
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  the line to something better or higher or more beneficial.
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  And once you take that chance on yourself and want more for
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  yourself, you'll be happy that you chose the growth over
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  comfort and the growth. Like I said earlier, the growth
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  can be uncomfortable, but it's uncomfortable for a short period
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  of time because once you learn all the new stuff that you need
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  to know in this new job, you're good.
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  And then when you feel comfortable and experienced
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  enough to where you can progress to the next level, then you'll
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  do so. But you don't want to put
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  yourself in a position where you want to grow, but then you're
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  too scared of what the growth might look like that you just
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  keep choosing comfort, comfort, comfort and nothing ever
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  changes. You just stay where you are for
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  10-15 years. And maybe you know a pay raise
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  every now and then, but you don't want.
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  All I'm saying is you don't want to put yourself in a position
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  where you're holding yourself back because of fear.
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  You're afraid of what the unknown will be and it keeps you
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  stagnant. I'm the type of person I I have
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  always spoke on going after what I feel like I deserve, and I
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  think I've surprised quite a few people over the years, including
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  myself a few times on some things.
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  So there was this job I had that I felt like I could do better.
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  The environment was a little rough, like passive aggressive
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  supervisors, just there was no growth.
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  I knew once I got to a certain level, then I would kind of be,
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  I would be stuck to be honest with you.
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  There was, there was, it was kind of, it was the environment
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  where people had to retire in order for you to go any higher.
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  That's the only way to really put it.
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  So I knew at some point I had to move around.
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  So I decided to start applying for other jobs and I informed my
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  supervisor of my intentions and I, you know, told the
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  leadership, all the leadership, Hey, this is what my plan is.
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  This is what I'm going to do. I told my coworkers that were on
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  my team. Hey, this is, this is what I'm,
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  I'm, I'm working on guys. So just be prepared to take on,
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  you know, the extra workload. So anyways, I applied for these
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  jobs and I, I, I started cleaning out my cubicle like
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  months before I even got a job. Like literally like I took stuff
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  off the walls, out of the cabinets, drawers, everything.
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  I packed that stuff up and slowly started taking it home.
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  And I was at that time, I was applying for a remote position.
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  So I packed up my entire cubicle, brought all that stuff
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  home. And I remember when my husband
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  saw the, the boxes of stuff, he was just like, oh, so you got a
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  new job? And I was like, no, not yet.
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  But I knew that I wanted to grow further and learn more, do more,
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  gain more experience and, and knowledge and not just be stuck
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  in that bubble of where I was. So I kind of set my mind and
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  desire on I'm getting a new job. I will make it happen.
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  I'm, I'm going to apply for as many jobs as I need to, if
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  that's what it takes for me to, to get the one that I need to
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  get to the next level. So I, you know, shortly after I
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  brought all my stuff home, I, I did actually get a job.
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  I, I interviewed and like nailed it, got it.
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  And within about a month, probably about, I would say
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  about two months or so of me clearing out my cubicle, I ended
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  up starting the new job, which was I, I'm being honest with
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  you, I shocked myself at how fast it happened because I was
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  very determined. And I said that in my, my heart
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  and soul that I was leaving that place and I was going to
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  progress. And that job ended up being a
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  promotion. I did learn a lot, but the
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  environment was not any better. So I ended up getting a win in
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  one area, but you know, it got worse in another area.
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  But I, I did learn a lot, not only about the, the, the field
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  that I was in, but it, it definitely opened my eyes to
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  different areas that I felt like I wasn't going to ever
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  experience in the previous job that I, that I chose to leave
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  now when I left that job. True story, when I left,
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  everyone else on the team also decided to leave.
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  And I I started noticing this pattern that when I when I join
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  an environment, I start making like waves, but not necessarily
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  in a bad way. I tend to bring light to areas
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  where people don't pay much attention to and I have this way
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  of influencing people even when I'm not trying.
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  I'm just doing me, being me, making decisions that are good
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  for me and it tends to influence people around me and kind of
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  shed some light in some areas for them.
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  And that's not my intent. I literally have just living my
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  life and sharing my thoughts and then some kind of way it tends
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  to spread out and inspire other people.
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  So with that being said, when I chose to leave and did leave,
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  the other people on that team in that job slowly started leaving
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  as well. Like probably a month or so
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  after me one of the other individuals left the team and
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  then maybe a couple weeks after her the the other person left
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  and the team was literally left with no worker bees, only the
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  supervisor. And I was kind of shocked how
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  everybody else left as well. But then I was just like, good
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  for you guys. Yes, you all deserve better.
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  And everybody who left all ended up in a higher paying position.
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  So without me actually trying to encourage or inspire people, me
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  just being myself, I some kind of way have the ability to just
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  shed light in areas that people are not paying attention to.
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  And I don't know exactly how I do it, but I am happy that I can
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  encourage and inspire other people to go after things that
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  will help them be a better version of themselves or help
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  them get to more and better for their lives.
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  I just want to experience this earth in my happiest, freest
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  state and the only way that I can do that is to choose me.
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  And by me choosing me, I choose to grow, learn and experience
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  the world and not stay in my comfort zone because I want long
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  term satisfaction and I know that I can't get that from my
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  comfort zone. I don't even know why I'm
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  getting all emotional about it, but I know that this world was
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  meant to be experienced as a happy, free human being.
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  And the only way to do that is to grow, to experience the
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  world. And you can't do that from your
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  comfort zone anyways. So when when you wake up
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  tomorrow, think about do you want to grow or do you want to
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  stay comfortable? The choice is always yours.
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  We all have free will. And on that note, I'm going to
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  go ahead and wrap it up. Thank you all for tuning in to
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  Peace in a Pod. I'm Loretta and I will catch you
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  guys next time. Bye.
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  Thank you all so much for tuning in to Peace in a Pod.
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  those things and I will catch you guys next time.
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