“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt.

“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt. Stop Wishing for Easy Seas What shapes us isn’t comfort—it’s challenge. Your storms are training grounds, not setbacks. Growth never came from comfort 1. Calm waters don’t teach courage Every time we ask for ease, we’re also asking to stay the same. But it’s not the still days that teach us who we are—it’s the storms. We all want things to go “smoothly.” But take a step back. Look around at the people you admire most. Did any of them get there by staying comfortable? #Leadership #SelfGrowth 2. The storm is the lesson We’re trained to avoid hardship. To treat it like a failure. But when did life ever promise still waters? Struggles aren’t detours. They’re the course. Every decision you made under pressure, every rejection that made you sharper, every pivot you didn’t plan—those are the moments that shaped you. Not the trophies. Not the comfort zones. #MindsetShift That big presentation you bombed? It taught you how to ...