Progress Means Discomfort

Want separation? Do what most won’t.
If it’s easy, you’re maintaining—not improving.
Growth lives in purposeful discomfort. pic.twitter.com/q7caO5YcZu

— The Winning Difference (@thewinningdiff1) October 23, 2025

Progress is painful. 

• Repetitions underlie greatness. 
• Self-reflection means asking what are my strengths, my needs, and the possible solutions?
• No great athlete escaped the weight room or the track. 
• Achieving resiience and mental clarity take work. 
• "Good enough" is never good enough. 

Brad Stevens, Celtics President of Basketball Operations seeks players with "Competitive Character." To achieve that, you first need "Competitive Clarity," an understanding of what must be done and the will to do it.