Effort and Perseverance

Michael Atkins
5 min readJun 1, 2021

“The comfort zone is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure. If you always do what is easy and choose the path of least resistance, you never step outside your comfort zone. Great things don’t come from comfort zones.” Roy T. Bennett

There once was a time when I was terrified of crowded subway trains. I was afraid that I would find myself away from the door, and I wouldn’t be able…

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Michael Atkins

Technologist and life-long language learner. Speaks fluent Japanese and Indonesian among other languages. Inspiring the world through love of language learning