Something to remember.

It’s nice to do comforting, familiar things, but that is not where growth lies. It lies just outside of our comfort zone.

You must be willing walk into the uncertain and there you will find growth.

The other side to that is you don’t want to go too far outside your comfort zone either.

If you go far beyond your comfort zone, you reach a new boundary: your realm of capability. Going beyond can lead to disaster, which is why I believe we like our comfort zones. It’s a built in survival mechanism. But we will in different times than our ancestors and so we can walk a different path…if we choose to.

When you push your comfort zone, you must be willing to be wrong. Notice I didn’t say “you want to be wrong.” But you have to be willing to be wrong, even if it’s just a small chance. That’s what it means to push your comfort zone.

If you didn’t think you could be wrong, then it’s something you know you can do and this is within your comfort zone

That chance of uncertainty is what leads to feelings of discomfort.

The cool thing is that as you push past your comfort zone, your comfort zone expands along with you as now you know you can do something that weren’t completely sure before.

Or you make a mistake (that’s okay) and then learn from it, making you better than who you were before. And with that, you expand your realm of capability.

And so, the more you lean into discomfort, the more you will grow