Podcast S7E153: Michael Easter - The Comfort Crisis

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis and Professor of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. See the full episode at We speak about the dangers our society faces by wanting to be more comfortable, and how we can improve our creativity by pushing our comfort barriers. Topics mentioned in this episode: 00:02:30 - The benefits of embracing discomfort 00:04:30 - How our evolution made us avoid risk 00:05:30 - Why we are no longer willing to be bored and the negative aspects that this brings, 00:09:30 - how being bored can be good for your creativity 00:12:30 - The importance of getting away from screens and 00:14:45 - People need a certain degree of challenge in order to be healthy, and why we evolved to be afraid 00:18:45 - Michael's experience in a highly dangerous place 00:21:30 - Why people want to keep the status quo , and how we need to take small risks even if they feel bigger 00:24:00 - You can break your routine to prevent yourself living on autopilot Links mentioned in this episode: The Comfort Crisis book: Michael's website: Michael on Instagram: Bonus: This episode was made possible by our premium innovation and creativity training. Take your innovation and creativity capabilities to the next level by investing in yourself now, at *

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Podcast S7E153: Michael Easter - The Comfort Crisis is an episode from Idea to Value - Creativity and Innovation by Nick Skillicorn.

This episode is 29:21 long.

This episode was published on Mar 3, 2022.

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