Inspiration and growth only come from adversity and from challenge — from stepping away from what's comfortable and familiar and stepping out into the unknown.

Saunders frames personal development as something that is triggered less by comfort than by friction. “Adversity” and “challenge” are presented not as unfortunate detours but as the very conditions that produce “inspiration and growth.” The image of leaving “what’s comfortable and familiar” for “the unknown” emphasizes deliberate risk-taking: progress requires choosing uncertainty over routine. In this view, fear and difficulty are not signs to stop but evidence that one is operating at the edge of current capacity—where learning, creativity, and resilience are most likely to emerge.