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Reflections on Choosing Evolution Over Comfort

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Hillman Lentz
Sep 12, 2025
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Comfort zones feel safe, but they’re padded cells for potential. Growth always costs something — comfort, ego, familiarity — and if you’re not willing to pay, you stay the same.

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” — Neale Donald Walsch

Short take: comfort is a slow death. Step out before life shoves you.

“The measure of intelligence is the abil…

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