For most people, starting a business means getting out of your comfort zone. The comfort zone is that place where you feel – well, most comfortable.
But the trouble with the comfort zone is that people tend to stay in it – never moving out, never expanding, and never growing. They end up stuck in life by the fear of stepping out.
Our suggestion is to do something every single day that expands your comfort zone.
For example, go ahead and make that difficult phone call you’ve been afraid to make. Or how about asking for something you’ve been afraid to ask for. Or here’s a good one – how about taking that first step toward building (or expanding) your Internet marketing business.
What we are saying is – take at least one risk every single day! Stretch that comfort zone.
Just like working out your muscles in the gym makes you stronger – taking a risk everyday makes you stronger in life. You literally become a less helpless and more powerful person.
As an example, when Dan & Glen (The Myth Busters) wanted to build an internet marketing business, we took a risk by attending seminars (the risk was time and money). Then we took another risk by deciding to partner together. Then we took more risks by starting the Myth Busters Blog and learning how to build a client list. Now we are taking even bigger risks in order to take our business to the next level. Watch for the Internet Marketing Select Summit later in 2010.
Each risk involved stepping into the unknown. But every time we stepped out, we expanded our comfort zone. Now we can do things that before were very scary.
Here’s a great phrase to memorize: Success lies just outside your comfort zone!
If you want to succeed, you’ll have to get yourself doing exactly what you’re uncomfortable with. It’s just like learning to ride a bike – at first it’s difficult, then it becomes second nature.
And don’t ever worry about making mistakes. If it doesn’t work out exactly as planned – just learn from it, make adjustments, and move on. That is how all success is achieved!
So get out there and do things outside your comfort zone. Your success depends on it!
To your ever-expanding comfort zone!
Dan & Glen
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