Step Out of Your Comfort Zone – 7 Simple Strategies
Do you feel as if your going around and around in circles never getting anywhere?
This is likely due to you being in your comfort zone. This is a place where you feel safe and secure. Everyone likes feeling safe.
On the flip side your comfort zone could be limiting you. You could be missing fantastic opportunities. You could be missing out on love, fun, wealth and the thrill of life itself.
Expanding your comfort zone can bring a whole new world of excitement, passion, experiences, friends, financial opportunities, and knowledge into your life.
Life is full of changes.
Embrace change by developing the habit of finding good in it. You’ll become more comfortable with the changes in your life and will begin looking forward to new adventures and opportunities that await you. With this mindset, you’re ready, willing, and able to expand your comfort zone.
Here are 7 Simple Strategies to help you step out of your comfort zone:
Strategy 1 – Take Baby Steps:
Learn to tread lightly. Remember the phrase you need to learn to crawl before you walk. If you’re trying to immediately take large leaps and bounds fear will set in and you’ll go running back to your safe zone.
When a baby begins walking, they first let go of what they are holding on to. Then they begin taking little steps without even realizing that they are moving. Then they fall. Babies don’t give up and repeat the process until they can walk across the room.
Each step forward is just that: a step forward. These steps will add up to something big as long as you keep trying.
Strategy 2 – Do Something Differently:
Make little changes in your regular everyday choices and activities. Drive a different route to work. Listen to a different radio station. Try a different type of soap or shampoo. Use a different type of dressing on your salad.
Add vibrant colors to your living space. Decorate with different curtains, throw rugs, table cloths, or pillows. Arrange plants or fresh flowers around your home. Re-arrange your furniture or your kitchen cabinets.
Making these small changes can make you feel like you’re a brand new person in a brand new living space. As you experiment you’ll find it’s fun stepping out of your comfort zone.
Strategy 3 – Try Something New:
You don’t have to do anything dramatic like jumping out of a plane (unless you really want too). Try a new sport. Play a new game with your kids, grand-kids or neighbor kids. Take swimming or tennis lessons. You could take a cooking class or try new exotic recipes. Be brave and try a new food every day. You’ll find lots of delicious foods you may have never thought of before.
Strategy 4 – Use Your Imagination:
When your stuck in a rut, in your comfort zone you are actually limiting your imagination. Your imagination is a great source of energy and knowledge. Using your imagination is a great way to exercise your mind and it’s so much fun!
Dare to dream. Dare to be a kid again. Let your mind wander. Let your mind dream big. Daydream. Your imagination can lead you down the path of a fun wondrous and adventurous life.
Strategy 5 – Meet New People:
Be open to meeting new people. Take a genuine interest in them by striking up casual conversations. You’ll make new friends and acquaintances that can bring a fresh perspective to life. They can help you step out of your comfort zone with new ideas and concepts.
Strategy 6 – Accept Help:
Your friends and family want to help you. Let them. They can help alleviate fear and stress in new situations that you may feel uncomfortable in.
Strategy 7 – Think Positive:
Everything begins with your thoughts and your feelings. When stepping out of your comfort zone you’ll probably feel fear. While you’re afraid you need to think positive thoughts ….
Wouldn’t it be great if … I’ll feel so excited when …. This is an exhilarating experience …
Have faith that this new opportunity will bring you to a new, comforting place.
The more you experiment with change the more daring you will become. You’ll be ready to tackle other areas of your life that have become stale and dull.
You’ll become more playful and adventurous once you consciously make the effort to step out of your comfort zone. Before you know it you will be living a happier more fulfilled life.
It’s a promise!
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Great article. Just wrote one very similar myself. I have worked in corporate for 30years and never heard anyone say it is “out of my comfort zone”. It is a phenomena of direct sellers and easily overcome when you stretch yourself a bit. You are so right in that just doing something new will expand your zone. We are discussing this on the radio Nov. 16th. Thanks for sharing!