Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone

I sometimes get frustrated with where I am at in my life. I think I'm stagnating, not growing as quickly as I should, but the truth is we need to grow for sometime, then relax... Smell the roses, and then grow again. We all have to constantly ensure that we are expanding our comfort zones and not just living within the one we are currently in.

Everybody loves being comfortable. We don'’t like being put in a position where we are not comfortable for too long. However, being comfortable is not always healthy. How many times have you decided not to join something or start something because it was out of your comfort zone?

In life, you will eventually be faced with a situation or challenge, that will require you to step out of your comfort zone. And you are probably thinking "No way!" But if you don't, you just don't grow. The only way to excel is to be trying new things and improving every day.

Back in Africa the locals we lived with ate the same food every meal, depending on what they could afford. But mostly it consisted of sadza (ground maize cooked into a thick porridge form), ration meat (cheapest cut of beef) and relish. Imagine eating the same food for every meal every day, every week, every year for the rest of your life. I would find this very dull and boring.

It's the same for our lives. If you do the same-old, same-old every day, not trying new experiences, not allowing yourself to step out and be challenged, then sure, you may still live a life of some satisfaction....But wouldn'’t it be great when you are old and grey, sitting in your rocking chair not regretting anything, not wishing "if only I had..."

I have always lived my life by stepping out of my comfort zone and I often wonder how my wife and family put up with it. Our biggest step was moving from Zimbabwe to Australia, from a third world country to a first world country. It was scary, the money we had earned previously was worthless, we were middle aged with 2 young kids and going to start our lives over. Would we be accepted, would we find jobs, would we be happy. 8 years later and we are thoroughly enjoying our lives. This experience, this huge step out of our comfort zone set us up for life. It proved that we could do anything if we really wanted to.

Comfort zones are just that, comfortable, but try and step out of it once in a while and see what happens... It's not as scary as you think.

I believe we should always be learning. To grow we need to learn. Many people don't invest in property for fear of losing their hard earned money. They read or hear a story in the media about how a tenant trashes an investors property and then use that as an excuse not to invest. It's justified in their mind why they don't invest. But if they read a few books and educated themselves, they would soon find out that this happens in a very small percentage of cases and investing in the right property will vastly improve their finances and welth over time.

Being comfortable is perfectly all right..It's's safe, there is no stress, but it's average. By learning new things, learning about how to improve as a person, trying different things is not only exciting, but it leads to a far better life.

Just like fish in a tank will only grow to a size that suits the tank. You need to continually grow and challenge yourself until you have filled your current environment. Then you are ready to move on to the next stage of your life.

Challenge yourself and step out of that comfort zone today.

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