If You're Comfortable, You're Not Growing

Playing to Win

November 13, 2025

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Welcome to the latest newsletter
of Playing to Win!

My newsletter is designed specifically to help business owners like you grow your companies with tried & applied bits of business knowledge, all communicated in actionable, bite-sized chunks. I will share insights and advice aimed at enhancing your business operations, boosting your success, and allowing you to focus more on what truly matters. Let's work together to achieve your goals and make your endeavors a reality.

Key Points of the Newsletter

  • Growth requires constraints, not comfort.
  • Every meaningful transformation is driven by challenge.
  • Your results are capped by how much resistance you’re willing to embrace.

If You're Comfortable, You're Not Growing

Let’s get this out of the way: if you’re comfortable right now, you’re not growing.

You might think you are. You might even feel good about where you’re at. But if you’re not under some kind of pressure, if you’re not staring down a worthy adversary, you’re just coasting.

During COVID, we all saw something crazy. Tony Robbins figured out how to scale his impact virtually. Something that had only existed in rooms of thousands suddenly went digital. He didn’t shrink. He adapted. Why? Because he had a vision and was willing to put himself under constraint to reach it.

So here’s the question: where in your life are you comfortable when you should be constrained?

Because comfort doesn’t produce muscle. Resistance does.

If your body looks good and you’re proud of it, that’s great. But if you’re no longer pushing past your limits in the gym—chicken, rice, no flavor, no shortcuts—you’re maintaining, not growing. You’ve hit autopilot.

Same goes for business. Same goes for leadership. Same goes for your relationships.

You need a worthy adversary. Something or someone that pushes back hard enough to force you to evolve. Something that makes you question your current capacity and recalibrate your ceiling.

Without that pressure, you’ll sit in a feedback loop of fake satisfaction. You’ll tell yourself you’re winning when really, you’re just not losing.

Big difference.

So I want you to find the edge again. I want you to go where it’s uncomfortable. Put a constraint on yourself. Take away the easy lever. Limit your options until all you’re left with is effort, clarity, and discipline.

That’s where growth lives.

And yes, it’s going to suck at times. It’s supposed to. That’s the point. You don’t get stronger avoiding the hard stuff. You get stronger moving toward it.

Comfort is a trap. Challenge is the way out.

Stay tuned for more insights in our next newsletter. Remember, it's the small adjustments that often make the biggest impact on your business's profitability. Here's to your continued success!

Stay driven to push your business forward,
Ryan Niddel