479: Lesson 4 – Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

Welcome to DIY MFA Radio, where I do a deep dive into the writing life as well as the craft and business of writing. Today’s episode continues our series: Ten Lessons from Ten Years of Podcasting. This is Lesson 4 – Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

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In this episode I discuss:

• Why complacency is the enemy of personal and professional growth.

• The growing pains that come from failing better and why failure is so hard.

• How I embraced failure for an entire year, and how it helped me grow DIY MFA.

• The malleable nature of comfort zones, and why we must keep challenging ourselves.

For more info and show notes: diymfa.com/479