Comfort Zone Uncomfort

A few days ago I was grumpy and miserable and was talking to a dear and special friend. Lee-Ann was down, depressed, brokenhearted and said she had no reason to live about 9 months ago. I reappeared into her life and began talking about her future, we spoke and chatted and came as close to being a boyfriend and girlfriend can be without being boyfriend and girlfriend. I told her to get out of her comfort zone and do her own thing, resign from her job and just do it.

After heartache and tears and a day spent trying to write a letter of resignation she decided not to quit in the first month of the new year as wanted. In her mind she had made a plan to do it but was in a bit of a comfort zone. After 4 months of being in the comfort zone she had eventually made up her mind, she wasn't going far and she wasn't unhappy but she wanted more. To get more she had to step out of her comfort zone.

On 1st May 2012 Lee-Ann became self-employed as a professional photographer. She is a superb photographer, green to the world of being self-employed and above all in a new comfort zone where she  now knows she has to fend for herself. Amazingly she has had massive support from family, friends and even strangers. She stepped out and is now doing it.

It was Lee-Ann that told me to step out of my comfort zone and just do it, if I wanted success and to be a man I had to I was told. Its a horrible thought to step out of a place of comfort and security but for absolute happiness I know I have to and am doing so - its what I term comfort zone uncomfort and it can apply to all minor and major decisions in your life. If you carrying doing things a similar or the same way you will get similar or the same result every time, if that result is the right result then continue but for many it is not - so change!

To step out of a comfort zone is never easy but it will never kill you, the only way for success and happiness to increase (unless you have enough) is to change.

So today, step out of your comfort zone and get a little uncomfortable.

Don't try it... do it!

Wake up with a smile

To wake up is something we all take for granted. How often does your day ahead get impacted by how and when and even where you woke up?

If you could go to bed and choose to wake up with knowing that tomorrow will be 100% worry free would you?  There is an easy way to do this, its so easy that few of us actually do it.

Napoleon Hill recommended "A Hearty Laugh" first thing in the morning. Its better than Gym miles and it does so much for you it is quite literally not funny! With a laugh comes a smile.

Waking up with a smile will not take away any problems you might have but it will help you cope with them in a different manner and give you better results. The more times you wake up with even just a smile the better your days will become and the fewer your problems will be. Build this up to Napoleon's "Hearty Laugh" and wow your days are filled with success, joy and happiness. Why do you think so many radio stations play a comedy minute in the morning? There is no better get up and go than being Happy!

Don't try it... Do It!