The Discomfort Zone: How to Get What You Want by Living Fearlessly

The Discomfort Zone: How to Get What You Want by Living Fearlessly

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  • Create Date:2021-04-19 09:51:23
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Farrah Storr
  • ISBN:0349415374
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Summary

'Honest, witty and insightful' Emma Gannon

'A brilliant, useful book' Dawn O'Porter


'Farrah has written a book about the things no one wants to talk about: failure, discomfort, and how to deal with both' Sophia Amoruso, author of #Girlboss

While it is human nature to shy away from things that are outside of our comfort zone, it is only by spending time in our discomfort zone that we can grow, and improve, and realise our full potential。 Whether it's putting yourself forward for a new challenge, asking for difficult feedback, nailing a presentation or getting a dream job, in this book Farrah Storr shows how you have to push through what she calls "brief moments of discomfort" in order to get to where you need to be。

Farrah describes these brief moments of discomfort as "like HIIT training for your life" - and shows how the more you force yourself into them, the easier it will get。 This book is full of advice, practical exercises and examples both from Farrah's own life and career and from all sorts of other successful people, from athletes to entrepreneurs。

By adopting the brief moments of discomfort, or BMD method, you will soon understand that nothing in life is an insurmountable challenge, only a series of small, uncomfortable tests that can easily be overcome。 Once you have used Farrah's techniques to transform your fear into bite-size, manageable pieces, you'll be able to take on anything。 In fact, in time, you'll even begin to enjoy these moments。

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Reviews

Hannah

This book was completely forgettable。 I think it’s quite common sensical that we need to enter our discomfort zone to make progress and it didn’t feel relevant to my life。

Ben

Most of it is just good basic advice, but I find it helpful, and the explanation of repurposing stress physiology to be useful was something I find very valuable。

Jamilah

Farrah Storr is so cool and I like the bits of the book when she described more of who she is by telling stories of her past。

Sophia

Practical and full of advice。 My favourite and most useful section was chapter 8 (9 on Audible) - Embracing Smart Failure。 Will return to the book when I feel I need a bit of a push in an area of my life。

Linda E。

Really good book with a lot of real life examples, however it made me feel like the author only has famous people examples, showing off a bit about her acquaintances。 But the book is a really good and inspiring read overall! What I liked the most was the conclusion part at the end - it was super inspiring!!

Edelhart Kempeneers

Stap uit je comfortzone, want daar zit de groei。 Op zich wel interessant boek。

Xia

Unique, insightful, refreshing and strangely comforting a read in times of difficulty。Farrah's perspective is helpful in realising how to grow and different ways of overcoming hurdles, the stories of people shared along the way serve as an inspiration, and her successes nonetheless。 With this being newly published, the examples provided are highly relevant and relatable - an engaging read。 Perhaps one of the best self-help books in awhile! Unique, insightful, refreshing and strangely comforting a read in times of difficulty。Farrah's perspective is helpful in realising how to grow and different ways of overcoming hurdles, the stories of people shared along the way serve as an inspiration, and her successes nonetheless。 With this being newly published, the examples provided are highly relevant and relatable - an engaging read。 Perhaps one of the best self-help books in awhile! 。。。more

Sara Kindlan-Arnison

I was t to sure what to expect from this book, however, Farrah wrote this book in such a way it made you realise what you could be missing out on in life。 Even the most confident of people would benefit from this book。 It gives real examples and make you think about how your life can be improved in so many areas。

Kristina Byrne

This book has given me a lot of food for thought。 I would particularly recommend it to anyone with an entrepreneurial itch。 Farrah explains the importance of embracing discomfort and how to turn it into a motivation rather than a threat。 Great read👌

Wilde Sky

This book provides advice on handling difficult / intimidating situations, principally focused on the workplace with a view to making more progress in your career。I found a lot of this book useful – it gave a few practical tips which is unusual for a self-help book, but I found parts of this book (for example the prologue) a bit woolly。Overall rating 3。5