What uncomfortable thing did you do this week?

[Utopia]

Last uncomfortable task: cold email 100 podcasters in niches I would like to be featured in.

Next uncomfortable task: contact 100 instagram models

 

[devine]

I hope we see more posts like this.

It's not enough to say what uncomfortable thing you'll do this week.

You actually have to do it. Then come back and let us know you did it.

Until you do it, you didn't overcome it, so you didn't get uncomfortable and you're still right where you are.

Nice work @Michał Kóska keep moving forward. Your comfort zone will grow as you do.

Closed the deal with one of the leading internet provider companies in Russia on Friday (mid 5 figure).
I think people who would post this kind of stuff just don't bother, because there is no point in saying you're up to do something and one week later fail to accomplish it (like I did with my SEO article, which I never finished). We just do stuff, it works better that way.

@Andy Black renaming thread would be logical.

 

[Sbshields]

Thread title changed from:

"What uncomfortable thing will you do this week?"

to

"What uncomfortable thing DID you do this week?"

I luv the title change. I called ONE prospect. I honestly could have called 5 more yesterday.

I also reached out to a friend to help me create my next online course. He's far more talented than I am and what he creates in an hour takes me weeks. I don't mind asking for help, but interrupting people's lives and taking them away from their own projects bugs me.

 

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[Andy Black]

I'm working on a side hustle along with doing grad school.
Right now I feel like this with the side hustle.

I believe that's normal. Read this:

• Ready, Fire, Aim - Stage 1

 

[Jake]

Raised my prices recently. Instead of using "sales" to drive sales I decided to do the opposite. Tell my list that my prices are going upwards. It drove quite a few people to purchase but sales on amazon have suffered a bit. I don't want to be an amazon brand so the new pricing should stick

To hit on what @SinisterLex said below

I had that experience in Germany once. Had to speak a foreign language I didn't speak at all and ended up getting a stranger to drive me home. One of many uncomfortable situations that became exciting as it progressed. In the end everything turned out just fine.

I applied that same excitement to jumping from planes back then too. Sitting on that C-130 with all those Soldiers next to you - head in their hands, praying to live til tomorrow...

Every jump was the same, and I was really scared when I first learned. Maybe my first 10 jumps were scary. Then I remembered I signed up for excitement and fun, and it's more useful to be excited than scared shitless and the emotions pretty much feel the same when you cut them to the core.

After that I got on every jump available and sometimes jumped 3 or 4 times a day. Miss those exciting times. Luckily more uncomfortable/exciting shit can always replace it.

Uncomfortable is only uncomfortable until you call it by another name - fun...exciting...living

The only major difference might be how well you respond in the moment to whatever comes your way.

Easier to dodge a truck when your head's not buried in sand!

I never jumped out of planes but I sorely miss flying around on helicopters over Afghanistan. Exciting, slightly uncomfortable, but from where I sit right now it was a wonderful experience. Printer broken in Asadabad? - time to take flight. Internet go down in Fayzabad? - Let's roll. From the snow covered mountain tops to the assholes on the ground it was always good fun.

 

[miked_d]

I have been thinking about this topic and what uncomfortable thing I would today. I came back and see the topic mentions a weekly thing.

One uncomfortable thing per week is not enough for me. I am a procrastinator and have become very good at putting things off. I need to do something uncomfortable everyday to continue growing my business.

I am calling another lawyer after I post this.

## Note - As I typed the above line, my procrastination kicked in and said why bother? It is 3pm Friday for them, they won't be there. I am making the call.

 

[miked_d]

This week I talked to another lawyer and visited my accountant. The phone consult with lawyer was reassuring (except for his hourly rate!). I learned from accountant I need to start playing (paying) catch-up on taxes.

Stay uncomfortable!

 

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[kytro360]

Have been doing this a lot more lately, but I am planning to record myself for my YouTube channel. I tend to do more "record my screen" type videos but always shy away from being ON camera. Gonna get that out of the way

 

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[FiftySeven]

@Andy Black ,

The week is coming to a close - here's what I did:

1. Disagreed with people and made it stick - multiple times.

2. Started selling myself via LinkedIn & sending texts to people I barely know.

3. Began market research ( the 'N' in CENTS ) - this actually turned out to be fun! People enjoy talking about their work...


Challenge for next week: Be more diplomatic when pursuing #1 above ...

'57

 

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[Andy Black]

I hope we see more posts like this.

It's not enough to say what uncomfortable thing you'll do this week.

You actually have to do it. Then come back and let us know you did it.

Until you do it, you didn't overcome it, so you didn't get uncomfortable and you're still right where you are.

Nice work @Michał Kóska keep moving forward. Your comfort zone will grow as you do.

Exactly.

I've been debating renaming the thread to "What uncomfortable thing did you do this week?"




"Tell me what you've done and I'll tell you who you are."

It's more about what you've done, than what you say you're going to do, want to do, or hope to do.




What uncomfortable thing did I do this week?

I presented my business to a room full of 20 business owners. Presenting wasn't the uncomfortable part. The uncomfortable part was articulating the future I'm building, and why I'm building it.



This isn't an accountability thread. It's not school. You either want to move forward or you don't.

 

[Andy Black]

I have been thinking about this topic and what uncomfortable thing I would today. I came back and see the topic mentions a weekly thing.

One uncomfortable thing per week is not enough for me. I am a procrastinator and have become very good at putting things off. I need to do something uncomfortable everyday to continue growing my business.

I am calling another lawyer after I post this.

## Note - As I typed the above line, my procrastination kicked in and said why bother? It is 3pm Friday for them, they won't be there. I am making the call.

We were advised to do an uncomfortable thing a day, but we're just asked for a weekly one.

 

[Random_0]

I had a bad dream last night where I woke up to 5 bad online reviews

I need to get out more

But apart from that I've switched up the way I handle my inbound calls almost every week and Increased my average transaction size considerably (& entirely changed how my business operates)

I'm kind of being ruthless with my pricing, at the point where I'm probably having general worse customer satisfaction (1 in 20 customers worse). If I state the first hour is fixed, then the first hour is fixed. Regardless of if my engineers take 15 seconds, the terms are the terms. I can't afford to run my business on wishful thinking anymore or relying on my customers to diagnose their "5 minute job" over the phone in a way that doesn't end up wasting my time, money and patience

 

[nradam123]

Mine is to actually promote my content outside of the forum.

I've created content but I'm happier just letting people find it.

It's like I've done 80% and balk at the last 20% of polishing what I have for wider consumption.

I've no idea why, but it's now been identified so is in my sniper sights.

I'm even uncomfortable writing that. Ha!

I actually started writing content outside forum as well. I sent you a PM yesterday, did you see it?

 

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[JoeB]

I've created content but I'm happier just letting people find it.

Not sure if serious.

 

[Random_0]

(... that's important for your business!)


I'm on a 10 week business course, one morning a week.

Every week we're challenged to do one uncomfortable thing that will be good for our businesses.

Maybe it's to raise your prices?

Maybe it's to no longer do it for free?

Maybe it's to have a difficult conversation with an employee or a client?

Maybe it's to reach out to see if you can help someone?


The more uncomfortable it is, the more likely it will help you.

What will you do this week?

How about all of them + a tea dependancy?

 

[Durete]

Not directly related to my own business, however it is to my normal job.


I just got declined for a $7500-$13000 /month job due to 2 reasons:

- My audition not being Original enough
- My audition not being energetic enough


So I have to start rethinking my whole "act/being" as I thought that I was being original, However head office thinks that that's not true

It's quite uncomfortable having to become that personal and rethinking all that you've learned over the past 5+ years.

 

[kkompoti]

the uncomfortable task of the coming week. clean up and tidy up a shed to transform to a chicken coop. make all the equipment adjustment(connect water to waterer , hay on the ground, cut the wild grass, etc), get some chickens to start with. i had some serious case of procrastination going on with me(always on the same loop - no money to buy chicken - must spend money on the car etc...i am done with that shit)... i will fix it this week. farming is my exit strategy towards fastlane. a bit different from what you people in here talk about(e-commerce, leads, ads,devs etc) but still my vehicle of choise.

 

[Andy Black]

Same here. Recording video/audio is a huge mental block for me! Good luck!

Was for me too. Check out the first video in my AndyTalks thread (linked to in my signature).

Then maybe listen to the fifth "chat" I list in thread "Andy's Other Posts".

 

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[GMSI7D]

the unconfortable thing will be to apply to a job again after being free for 17 months.

since i realy hate jobs and being a slave , this is really a unconfortable thing so MJ DeMarco please don' t delete my post as usual because you don't like it

i am not off topic this is really a pain for me to see that i don't go forward as i want on my fastlane journey.

 

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