GET UNCOMFORTABLE: In essence, what I am saying is – get comfortable with the uncomfortable. Cultivate the courage, with the help of the five tips below, and step out of your comfort zone. Surprise yourself. Do something around your biggest strength that you have never done before. Tweak the tried-and-tested and give it your own original twist. That's getting uncomfortable.
I am sure many of you reading this will recall how our parent’s generation considered it a matter of great pride to work at the same place for twenty or even twenty-five years. That ethic suited the time because our world was much more stable, and technology and the rapid pace of change hadn’t caught up with us.
The same work philosophy doesn’t apply to our current times. The fact is that being too comfortable can end up in being redundant. Today, change and learning are the competitive edge that both businesses and individuals require.
Five tips to step out of your comfort zone:
1. Have the courage and conviction to take up meaningful work that resonates with your deepest values and most important goals. Do it even if it feels tough at the beginning.
2. Learn a new skill (at least once in three months) in your job that can take you to the next level.
3. Aim at being original at what you do, not popular. The former is enduring, the latter is entertaining. Do what comes from your heart, even if you are the only one who believes in it.
4. Invest in reading about your craft more than anyone else around you reads. Knowledge and learning is the key to our future.
5. Do things that you generally don't do, it helps to get used to being uncomfortable. If you never attend training seminars or conferences, then enroll for one and enjoy a new experience.
My uncomfortable experience: I recently joined a Yoga class because I had never done Yoga before. I also joined a meditation group because I don't consider myself the 'meditating' sort. Both the sessions made me feel out of place and uncomfortable at first. As I persist in doing Yoga and meditation, I am becoming comfortable with the uncomfortable. Hope this example helps.
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