Tagged: comfort zone

Stop Surviving and Start Thriving in the Workplace

Posted on June 10, 2010 By: Laura

A large part of being successful is realizing what you can control andle it.

I have worked with some clients who are people pleasers and boiling with anger on the inside. It doesn’t sound like a good formula for success right?

Other clients I have worked with feel misunderstood and in the end defeated.

In order to be truly confident and the expectations of the people around you. It doesn’t mean you have to be forceful.

To be clear you need to:

Understand how you work best.
You need to realize the value you bring to your work situation.
You [...]

Discovering Success Outside Of Your Comfort Zone: Part 2

Posted on June 30, 2009 By: Laura

I received a lot of positive responses to last week’s blog that focused on leaving your comfort zone. It seems that most people recognize their comfort zone and all the fear involved can be freeing. It almost feels counterintuitive, but it’s actually not. It’s actually about intuitively realizing that your comfort protects you, but doesn’t promote you.

I was working with a client recently who gave me tons of evidence that she could be successful in her career. She had already done workshops, written articles, and with only word of mouth referrals, these workshops were packed.

The fact is [...]

Discovering Success Outside Of Your Comfort Zone

Posted on June 23, 2009 By: Laura

When looking at the goals you want to achieve and overwhelm. Why? Because in order to reach your larger goals you need to get out of your comfort zone.

I attended a goals workshop in the beginning of this year. The speaker introduced me to a concept I had already known, but for some reason at that point and limited beliefs as way to impede their own progress out of fear.

The speaker at the workshop listed the source of the next activity as unknown; then proceeded to draw a circle shape and professional growth.

When you create what appears [...]