Luchuo Engelbert Bain, Senior Implementation Research Scientist and Deputy Director of MSc in Global Women’s Health at Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, shared on LinkedIn:
“Comfort is a dangerous career signal.
One of the easiest ways to know you are no longer standing out is when you become comfortable with the status quo.
If everyone is sitting back, stand up.
If nobody wants the responsibility, step forward.
If there is no immediate pay, title, recognition, or reward, lead anyway.
That is how legitimacy is built.
Not through titles. Not through applause. Not by waiting to be chosen.
It is built by repeatedly doing the difficult, uncomfortable, necessary things others avoid.
Eventually, people notice.
They trust your judgement. They speak for you in rooms you are not in. They put your name forward when opportunities emerge.
Your greatest career advantage may be your willingness to embrace discomfort before there is any guarantee of reward.
The comfortable road keeps you in the crowd.
The uncomfortable road makes you difficult to ignore.”
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