Get OUT of your Comfort Zone…

I wanted to discuss how important it is to get out of your comfort zone on a daily basis to accomplish the goals you have set for yourself.

I found the following statement to have said it all…

Ask yourself, “Does pursuing comfort and security and trying to minimize problems and stress and maximize safety and security make your hear beat faster? Does it really bring out the best in you and make each day in this life memorable? Something that you would look back and be proud of?”

Does seeking a life of comfort motivate you to get out of bed each morning? I think, no i KNOW that a life where you always stick to what you know is not a life of empowerment or fulfillment. And this life where you stick to what you know, as i see it, can be associated with what i would call one of the most dangerous object in your house…

It’s a back-reclining, deeply cushioned, foot-resting death trap called the easy chair (usually spelled EZ because using only 2 letters takes less effort).

You don’t buy these chairs because of their beauty. And they are not called “challenge chairs” or “adventure chairs.” They’re called EZ, and you buy them for one reason: comfort.

I hope my life never represents an EZ chair.

What’s so dangerous about this EZ chair is not the things you do while you are in it but the things you don’t do. The relationships you never deepen, the risks you never take, the adventures you never go on, the races you never run, the battles you never fight, the laughs you don’t laugh and the tears you don’t cry. The best present I ever received that I want to share with you is this:

“You were made for something more than life in a chair!”

So let me ask you…

What challenges, risk and adventures are you taking today?

I’m not talking about going over Niagara Falls in a barrel or betting your life saving on the Toronto Maple Leafs but I’m saying that if you really want to grow up and experience life, you need to leave your comfort zone.

I don’t believe anybody who lives a comfortable life is truly living and I believe that only people who say yes to challenge, demand and risk are ever fully alive.

Even from my own experience, every time I decide to stay in my comfort zone, I change a little and so do you. Your heart and spirit starts to die and your addiction to comfort gets a little stronger.

In my life all positive change has happened outside of my comfort zone. The next level for you, whether it is physically, intellectually or spiritually, will be outside of your comfort zone.

A good sign that you’re out side of your comfort zone is when you ask, “Am I going to be able to finish this?” “Yes!” But by george it is going to hurt…

And that my friends is knowing you have left your comfort zone behind, and i guarantee you, that when you take that step out of your chair, out of your house and get your heart racing – your endorphins will raise and there will be nothing more than a great feeling overwhelming you telling you to get out of that comfort zone more often than not!

Train hard, eat well and remember your mission!