Winners always seem to do well outside of the normal comfort zone. Jody Holland
"I am just not comfortable asking people for money."
"I am not comfortable in front of a group."
"I am not comfortable with taking risks in business."
Whatever the phrase is explaining why a person is not taking action, you can bet that it actually comes back to whether or not they can operate outside of their comfort zone. A person can use any excuse that they want to as to why they are not succeeding. Regardless of the excuse, the lack of success still remains. In order to be successful, you have to learn to act in spite of your comfort, or lack there of.
I can hear myself talking, in my own head, about how I don't want to be seen as pushy. I have used that excuse in order to not promote what I do repeatedly. When I realize what I am doing, in sabotaging my own success, I stop myself and reframe the thought. Instead of saying I don't want to be pushy, I ask whether or not I have something of value to offer. If the answer is truly yes, which it is, then I try to imagine how I would feel if someone had the answer to my challenges in business, yet refused to give them to me.
I would be upset if they had the answers and kept them from me. I would be annoyed if my problems could be solved with new information or training, yet the person who had the answers did not value me enough to share them. More than anything, when you are learning to operate outside of your normal comfort zone, you need to be able to see the situation in a new light.
Reframing your thoughts allows you to take a different perspective and see how you really can help another person. Varying your perspective puts you in a position to be helpful when you might have been withdrawn, to be of value when you might have been silent. I want to encourage you to find one area that is outside of your comfort zone that you can look at differently today.
How can you reframe your thoughts in order to bring success to others as well as yourself?
To Your Success!
Jody N Holland
www.jodynholland.com
www.myjudolife.com - Ask About The Book - It can help!
(806) 355-5567 office 9am - 5pm M-F
"I am just not comfortable asking people for money."
"I am not comfortable in front of a group."
"I am not comfortable with taking risks in business."
Whatever the phrase is explaining why a person is not taking action, you can bet that it actually comes back to whether or not they can operate outside of their comfort zone. A person can use any excuse that they want to as to why they are not succeeding. Regardless of the excuse, the lack of success still remains. In order to be successful, you have to learn to act in spite of your comfort, or lack there of.
I can hear myself talking, in my own head, about how I don't want to be seen as pushy. I have used that excuse in order to not promote what I do repeatedly. When I realize what I am doing, in sabotaging my own success, I stop myself and reframe the thought. Instead of saying I don't want to be pushy, I ask whether or not I have something of value to offer. If the answer is truly yes, which it is, then I try to imagine how I would feel if someone had the answer to my challenges in business, yet refused to give them to me.
I would be upset if they had the answers and kept them from me. I would be annoyed if my problems could be solved with new information or training, yet the person who had the answers did not value me enough to share them. More than anything, when you are learning to operate outside of your normal comfort zone, you need to be able to see the situation in a new light.
Reframing your thoughts allows you to take a different perspective and see how you really can help another person. Varying your perspective puts you in a position to be helpful when you might have been withdrawn, to be of value when you might have been silent. I want to encourage you to find one area that is outside of your comfort zone that you can look at differently today.
How can you reframe your thoughts in order to bring success to others as well as yourself?
To Your Success!
Jody N Holland
www.jodynholland.com
www.myjudolife.com - Ask About The Book - It can help!
(806) 355-5567 office 9am - 5pm M-F
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