{"id":17784,"date":"2021-04-05T11:34:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T09:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=17784"},"modified":"2021-05-31T15:23:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T13:23:23","slug":"get-comfortable-with-being-uncomfortable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/04\/get-comfortable-with-being-uncomfortable\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 \u2013 Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to start doing what we really want because fear has the power to keep us from our purpose. Only a few people are willing to conquer their mountains and fall first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this amazing woman explain why it&#8217;s necessary to do things especially when they are difficult. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Get comfortable with being uncomfortable | Luvvie Ajayi Jones | TED\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QijH4UAqGD8?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is your purpose? 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