Instead you’ll be so busy pushing your boundaries that you forget about what used to make you scared.Įxample: An ‘aggressive challenge’ for your sales job would be to call 100+ prospects in set amount of time. You won’t have time to think about your fear. The idea here is you’re shocking the system into becoming comfortable. To really blast through your comfort zone, you would do what I call an “aggressive challenge.” This is a rapid-fire approach where do a lot of something that makes you scared. Step #5 – Aggressively Challenge Your Comfort Zone Take aggressive challenges to shock your system into becoming comfortable.
Finally, you would work on those nasty dead leads who are really challenging. Then you would call the “warm leads” who are ready to buy. First you would practice on friends and family. Instead you’re steadily pushing the boundaries of your comfort levels and working towards an overall goal.Įxample: Like I said before, you’re going to take baby-steps with your sales job. You’re not trying to become an overnight success. Taking ‘baby steps’ is a great way to de-sensitize yourself to the feelings of anxiety. Once you have a plan in place you’ll simply start with that crucial initial action. ~ Lao Tzuīreaking out of your comfort zone starts with the first step. Step #4 – Take Baby StepsĪ journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Hopefully if your friends and family care they’ll ask you each day if achieved your mini goal. Make a public declaration that you’re committing to making at least 20 calls a day. They will make it hard for you to quit because you know you’ll look foolish if you did.Įxample: Using the previous example you’ll tell people that you want to become a master salesperson. You want them to give you that ‘push’ as you’re pushing your boundaries. This is an important step because the people in your life will keep you on track. Or you can even find an accountability partner or form a mastermind group. You want to tell your friends and family about what you’re trying to do. Step #3 – Hold Yourself AccountableĪccountability is another key to breaking through your comfort zone. To leave your comfort zone, identify the key challenges you’re going to face and what you’ll do to overcome them. Perhaps you would start with people you already know and work your way up to cold-calling prospects that are considered ‘dead leads.’ Once you’ve learned about the cold-calling process, you’ll sit down and create a plan for overcoming this limitation. These are mini-goals that put you one step close to pushing past your comfort zone.įurthermore, it’s important to identify the key challenges you’re going to face and what you’ll do to overcome them.Įxample: Back to the sales job. In this plan you need to create benchmarks. Then you create a plan to get to each level. With this step you’re going to write down a step-by-step blueprint for how you’re going to get out of your comfort zone. Step #2 – Have a PlanĪfter educating yourself, you want to create a plan of action for pushing the boundaries on what you think is possible. To learn more on getting information, then I recommend reading these 20 tips on self-education and/or reading my book, Novice to Expert. Then you’ll educate yourself about the process and the tricks that other people have used. So you’ll talk to top sales people and learn what they did to overcome this obstacle. And the more you know about something, the less scary and more powerful you’ll feel.Įxample: Taking the example from the introduction, if you want to be an expert salesperson then your goal is to become comfortable with cold-calling.
And you’ll check-out articles on the Internet about this subject. You’ll talk to people who have done the same thing. Your goal here is to find out about whatever skill or activity you’re pursuing. To break through your comfort zone, you need to first educate yourself.
Usually we imagine the worst-case scenario of what could happen when we push past the boundaries of what makes us feel safe. 7 Steps to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone Step #1 – Get InformationĪnxiety usually comes from a fear of the unknown. So let’s talk about the seven steps for getting out of your comfort zone.
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