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Jan 16, 2023Liked by Nishant Jain

I love that you wrote a list titled "Things That Terrify Me in 2023". Sending that list would have been terrifying for me! I admire your courage and desire to keep moving forward. You inspire me to push myself (slightly) beyond my comfort zone. Thank you for sharing your work and for being so authentic in your journey.

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Yes, me too! Love the list.

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I feel you as I read this issue. However, I have learned that a life successfully lived has to be uncomfortable most of the time because it is about growing. Growing can only be achieved by getting out of the comfort zone. I also believe that great things can only arise from failure and yet failure is merely a subjective term. Failure just means you tried something new. True failure is settling. I am looking forward to continuing to follow your process in 2023 to see what awesomeness unfolds for you as you push forward. Good luck!

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I agree with everything you said. Thank you so much for your encouragement and support! 🙌🏽

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Yes- guilty- 85 %er.... but when I had deadlines, Done was Best was my motto, I did not worry much about qualifying it has far as 100%. Done .= Good. Next?

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So true. It is time to change!

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Nishant, maybe what I hear you describing is a desire to work with *intensity* which is a beautiful and scary thing! Especially for those of us who are gentle souls, and who are usually on an even keel from day to day. I think it is the focused energy of Intensity that propels us to 100% versus 85%. I’m currently working on a post on this very subject right now. Thank you for this post. I hope your summer sabbatical is energizing you in a meaningful way!

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Just curious if you’d read Yoko Ogawa’s “The Housekeeper and the Professor”. It’s a short novel that touches on several things you have going on here through beautifully written character development and storytelling.

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