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3 years agoFuel Personal Growth by Deliberately Seeking Discomfort
When it comes to building athletic strength and resilience, a well-known phrase captures the process: "no pain, no gain." That rhyming philosophy may apply to mental growth as much as muscle growth, according to research involving one of the world's most famous comedy clubs, Second City in Chicago. Yes, that Second City. In this case, researchers conducted a study with cooperation from Second City improv instructors, who ran classes by giving one of two possible sets of instructions to students.