Get comfortable being uncomfortable

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Get comfortable being uncomfortable ...

If you are always comfortable, you are probably stagnant. Your comfort zone is where you are competent and use to being. Your comfort zone is where you get your current results. If you want different results, new or better results, you have to get out of your comfort zone and do something different.

Would it make sense for an athlete to be comfortable while strength training? Of course not! How do you get stronger unless you work your muscles until they begin to hurt?

This week, what if you did something out of your comfort zone … it will take courage … you will experience both excitement and fear. You will feel very alive. What if you did something out of your comfort zone every week … how big would your comfort zone become? Pretty soon, those things you did that use to be courageous acts, are now in your comfort zone and you are confident doing them. Remember your firsts, first kiss, first big win, first sale, first mortgage. How did your feel with these experiences?

When I was teaching my daughter to cross country ski, she proudly said, “Daddy, I haven’t fallen” (she had walked on her skies about 10 feet in 10 minutes). I said, “I’m sorry, I need to teach you how to go faster, it’s much more fun and you will fall once in a while learning, and that’s a good thing.” So, I taught her how to go faster and she fell many times that day, but ended up cruising along on her skis having a blast by the end of the day.

Personally, being outside of my comfort zone is where I feel most alive and energized … please consider, “Get comfortable being uncomfortable”.

TC North, Ph.D., High Performance Expert
www.courageandconfidence.com