Get Outside Your Comfort Zone to Conquer Your Fears and Increase Success

Your comfort zone is nothing more than an imaginary “safe zone.”   This “safe zone” is nothing more than an imaginary area in which the mind has predetermined strategies to deal with circumstances that occur within those boundaries.  In other words, your mind craves a controlled environment where it has a pre-determined set of actions to deal with a certain set of situations.   When it has past experiences to refer to, it can recall the details of a past success and apply the success strategies to a present experience.  This set of past successes is what creates a “safe zone.”  The mind knows exactly what to do when faced with those situations without anxiety or fear.  However, step outside your comfort zone and the mind suddenly has no past experience to calculate a strategy from - this is what causes feelings of anxiety and fear. Feelings of anxiety are often assumed as a “bad” sign, but that is not necessarily true.  Obviously if you are faced with a life-threatening situation, then feelings of anxiety would be rational; but when faced with a non-life-threatening situation - exaggerated anxiety is not a rational response.   We choose to remain in our comfort zones, because our fear outweighs our desire for new experiences.  While it’s natural to feel some anxiety or nervousness before trying something new, it is not natural to let fear control your life experiences.   Subscribe to my high-value proven business success tips and resources Blog (https://www.accountabilitycoach.com/blog/)  I’m the author of many books, including, Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule, Live Life with No Regrets, No Excuses, The Guide to Stopping Procrastination, and the Work Life Balance Emergency Kit, The Roadmap To Success with Stephen Covey and Ken Blanchard, and more.   Aim for what you want each and every day!  Anne BachrachThe Accountability Coach™