"The Comfort Zone"

Part 1

I've been "into" personal development for a
few years now and it's been a great journey.
I know I've learned heaps and become a much
better person as a result of making the effort
to improve myself. When I was introduced
to personal development, I kept hearing things
like "in order for things to change you must
change first". Or, "if you want what you've
never had, you must do what you've never done".

All of the speakers and leaders kept telling
me that I needed to get out of my "comfort
zone" in order to be successful. Well, of
course I agreed with that and decided (many
times) that I would get out of my comfort
zone and be incredibly successful as a result.
Unfortunately, nobody told me HOW to get
out of my comfort zone or even what a comfort
zone is exactly. So, you guessed it, I didn't
get out of whatever it was I was trying to
get out of!

Until the day came when I had to make a decision
that I would do something I had never done before.
I knew that if I could not do this thing and
continued to find excuses for not doing it, then
I would stay where I was, in my "comfort zone".
It would be so easy to not do what I did not have
to do. It would be so easy to stay where I was and
be comfortable. But then, how could I possibly
have what I've never had, if I could not do what
I've never done?

It is possible to get out of your comfort zone. I
did not say it was easy, I said it was possible. I
know because I have stepped outside of mine. And
you know what? I don't want to go back. It's a lot
more fun outside.

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With gratitude,

Rick