Move Out of Your Comfort Zone and Make Change
August 22, 2008
Your comfort zone is the place you feel safe, where there is no sense of risk. To step out of this place can feel scary and the thought of transforming the status quo can be overwhelming.
It is also very easy to say that you will make change in your life when you have lost weight/moved house/have more money/the children have gone to school, etc, then never make that change or come up with new excuses not to move forward.
What risks have you taken in your life? And how have you changed as a result of moving out of your comfort zone? For many people who have made significant changes in their life, they have increased their confidence, then felt the need to rise to a new challenge!
Going outside of your comfort zone enables you to take responsibility for your future, determine what you want from life and act on it.
If you want to make a change in your life, consider what you want to do and ask yourself the following questions:
1. What do I want to achieve?
2. What do I need to do to achieve it?
3. When and where do I want it?
4. How will achieving this benefit me?
5. What might stop me achieving this?
6. How can I overcome or remove this?
7. How will I know when I have achieved it?
8. What is the first thing I can do to help me to achieve it?
Taking control of your life can help you to become aware of the choices available to you, then enable you to choose the right path. You may feel out of your depth or scared to begin with, but each small step will take you towards your goal.
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Copyright Karen Williams 2007. All Rights Reserved
Karen Williams is a Life and Career Development Coach and runs her own coaching practice, Self Discovery Coaching. She has over ten years experience of working in Human Resources, training, coaching and management roles and is a Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
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