GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE!

One's "comfort zone" can be defined as doing only those things that makes one feel at ease. Different things make different individuals uncomfortable For some, their "comfort zone" excludes such things as: public speaking; making sales calls; selling; taking any controversial stand; making eye contact; and many other things. What is uncomfortable to one person may not at all be uncomfortable to another.

However, one is capable of expanding one's "comfort zone," if one really wants to. There are many different courses and techniques taught that address exactly this issue. Still others discuss improving one's self- confidence. In fact, an section known as P.M.A. (positive mental attitude) is available in many books stores as a sub- area of the self improvement sections.

One can take many of these excellent courses that offering including notable ones given by the Dale Carnegie Institute, Tom Hopkins, and many, many others. These courses work especially well because once an individual agrees to take one of these programs, the individual already has admitted needing help in terms of self improvement. However, probably the most important thing for one to do is simply to force himself to do something outside his "comfort zone."

The best programs begin with "baby steps," having one do small challenges to his "comfort zone." Once someone gets into the habit of expanding one's comfort zone, it is easier to expand it even further by then doing even more challenging adjustments.

Anyone can do more than they admit they can do. A famous anonymous philosopher once wrote, "As I think I am." If one puts himself in the proper frame of mind, sees things as "challenges" instead of "problems," and envisions success, one can expand one's "comfort zone," and become a much more effective individual.