A competitor will power through discomfort if it brings them closer to their goal. But every competitor is still human. While their appetite for discomfort is higher, flavor and serving size matter.
A football coach might accept the discomfort of a losing season and fan criticism but resist the discomfort of honesty from his staff or changing a dysfunctional behavior. Willingness to embrace discomfort in one thing does not mean willingness to embrace it in all things.
You can have all the uncomfortable conversations at work while avoiding them at home. You can grind through uncomfortable workouts while hiding from the discomfort of changing your diet.
No matter how many times you hear it, how you do anything is absolutely not how you do everything.
You can be a lion in one arena, a sheep in another. Willing to embrace discomfort in one situation, unwilling in another. A competitor in one context, a player in another.
Event + Response = Outcome. Do the work.
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