Success Habit #6 Courage - Navigating Through the Comfort Zone and Terror Barrier - Londina Cruz and Donna Kunde

Londina Cruz & Donna Kunde - “Building Success Habits”

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Introduction
“The comfort zone is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure. You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.”―  Roy T. Bennett

“Overcoming the terror barrier requires first a passion for the new dream, willingness to take a risk, and determination to never quit.” ― Martin Zwilling

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“When we are faced with change, we either step forward into growth, or we step back into safety.” ― Abraham Maslow

Todays’ show is all about the courage it takes to get uncomfortable and set foot into the terror barrier. While the comfort zone alludes to a nice, easy place to be, it is really not comfortable. We know we have been made for more, but the comfort zone thinking can keep us from living our fullest potential and building the business of our dreams.

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Objectives - The WHY
In order to grow our business to its fullest potential, we need to learn how to navigate through the terror barrier. The terror barrier is not a new place for seasoned entrepreneurs but for those just getting started it is one of the biggest dream killers. Knowledge based on understanding is one of the best ways to find the courage to navigate through the terror barrier. Being able to recognize the four stages of thinking will let you know where you are in the process.

Key Issues - Owner Perspective:

1. Wants to move forward but doesn’t know how
   
2. Has past programming that is keeping them stuck in the comfort zone
   
3. Quits just before finding freedom on the other side of the terror barrier
   

What You Need to Know - The WHAT
Our comfort zone is made up of all of our familiar habits that we have accumulated over the years that keeps our lives in status quo. In order to grow our business, we need to first grow ourselves. We do this by navigating from the comfort zone, through the terror barrier and on to our next level of freedom...which eventually becomes our new comfort zone.  

1. Our comfort zone is just a reflection of our conditioning.
   
2. Just outside the comfort zone is the terror barrier
   
3. There are four stages of thinking we go through as we navigate from comfort zone to freedom:  Comfort →  Reason  → Terror → Freedom
   
4. Most people never get past the terror stage, they just cycle around the first three stages of thinking. 
   

What You Need to Do​​ - The HOW
Once you decide your comfort zone is no longer comfortable, you can begin the process of navigating through the terror barrier. Awareness is the first step, but awareness is not going to move you into action. 

Here are a few tips to help you break out of your current comfort zone and through your terror barrier:

1. Listen to your self talk and identify which stage of thinking you are in. Use this awareness to create a rebuttal argument based on fact and logic to counter the unproductive thinking.
   
2. Use your awareness of your current stage of thinking to get uncomfortable. Your terror barrier is based on fear and fear is based on emotion. The emotion we experience when we imagine what we fear, keeps us from objectively analyzing the true risks and possible outcomes. Use your reasoning mind to insert some logic into your fear thinking. To help you through this process try exploring the following questions... “Why am I afraid of xyz?”. Then ask, “What’s the worst that can happen to me if …. happened?” and “What is the likely outcome (vs. what I’m anticipating)?” Write your responses from an objective perspective. 
   
3. Visualize your desired outcome. Emotions trigger our fears, but we can become just as emotionally attached to our desired outcome by using visualization exercises to create hope and belief in your own ability to succeed. Take time to imagine being, doing and having your desired outcome. Stay in that moment for 3–5 minutes several times a day. As you repeatedly visualize success, even if only in your imagination, your fears will diminish because the mind does not know the difference between what is real and what is imagined. Fears are simply letting our minds imagine the worst outcome. Why not direct our thoughts to the best possible outcome and feel that instead?
   
4. Get good first. If the thing you fear the most relates to an ability you don’t feel capable at, then work on developing your ability. Do it in a safe environment at first, if necessary. Get the help of someone who can coach you to a higher level. This is no different than getting a teacher to help you learn to play a musical instrument. Block out time to practice the skill needed to help you break through your current terror barrier.
   
5. Find your why. When your why is bigger than your fear, you will gain the courage to go through the terror barrier. If you become aware of, or create a reason bigger than your fear, you can go through your terror barrier quicker than you would without that awareness. Without a why, you may never cross your current terror barrier. If you don’t have a why, then create one.
   
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