{"id":1571,"date":"2017-02-07T17:29:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T23:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanfordrose.com\/kempfgroup\/president-of-simply-driven-executive-search-kent-burns-featured-in-fast-company\/"},"modified":"2017-02-07T17:29:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T23:29:39","slug":"president-of-simply-driven-executive-search-kent-burns-featured-in-fast-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanfordrose.com\/kempfgroup\/president-of-simply-driven-executive-search-kent-burns-featured-in-fast-company\/","title":{"rendered":"President of Simply Driven Executive Search, Kent Burns, Featured in Fast Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/p>\n<p><strong>President of Simply Driven Executive Search A member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanfordrose.com\">Sanford Rose Associates\u00ae<\/a> network of offices, Kent Burns, Featured in Fast Company, How Cold Showers And Tough Mudders Can Make You Better At Your Job<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plano, TX 2\/7\/2017<\/p>\n<p>By Stephanie Vozza<\/p>\n<p>Standing barefoot in the snow. Soaking in a tub of icy water. Taking a plunge in a cold lake. These things sound really uncomfortable and a little crazy, right? But investigative journalist Scott Carney says a regular habit of any of them can improve your health and reduce your stress.<\/p>\n<p>Comfort isn\u2019t inherently bad, says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simplydrivensearch.com\/\">Kent Burns, president of Simply Driven<\/a>, an executive search firm. &#8220;What\u2019s bad is the worship of comfort,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Candidly, most humans, especially Americans, literally make an idol of their own comfort. Comfort then becomes a master that we serve at the expense of other important things. To grow and realize our potential, we need an outside force, and events like Polar Plunges and Tough Mudders serve that purpose, forcing people to confront obstacles and their own limitations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3067628\/how-cold-showers-and-tough-mudders-can-make-you-better-at-your-job\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3067628\/how-cold-showers-and-tough-mudders-can-make-you-better-at-your-job<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: President of Simply Driven Executive Search A member of the Sanford Rose Associates\u00ae network of offices, Kent Burns, Featured in Fast Company, How Cold Showers And Tough Mudders Can Make You Better At Your Job Plano, TX 2\/7\/2017 By Stephanie Vozza Standing barefoot in the snow. Soaking in a tub of icy water. Taking a plunge in a cold lake. These things sound really uncomfortable and a little crazy, right? But investigative journalist Scott Carney says a regular habit of any of them can improve your health and reduce your stress. Comfort isn\u2019t inherently bad, says Kent Burns, president of Simply Driven, an executive search firm. &#8220;What\u2019s bad is the worship of comfort,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Candidly, most humans, especially Americans, literally make an idol of their own comfort. Comfort then becomes a master that we serve at the expense of other important things. To grow and realize our potential, we need an outside force, and events like Polar Plunges and Tough Mudders serve that purpose, forcing people to confront obstacles and their own limitations.&#8221; Read more: https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3067628\/how-cold-showers-and-tough-mudders-can-make-you-better-at-your-job<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[211,89,209,210,166,309],"class_list":["post-1571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sra-news","tag-kent-burns","tag-sanford-rose-associates","tag-sanford-rose-associates-simply-driven-search","tag-simply-driven-search","tag-sra","tag-sra-simply-driven"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President of Simply Driven Executive Search, Kent Burns, Featured in Fast Company - 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