3 tricks to break out of your comfort zone and win at life

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Success is uncomfortable. 

Look, I get it. Nobody wants to be uncomfortable, but the truth is that success and progress in your life is going to require some level of discomfort. 

All too often, we get trapped in the same groups of people, in the same rhythms, actions and behaviors, and in the same thought patterns. 

It can get really comfortable, predictable, and cozy.   But the truth is...if we stay there, we won’t find freedom we are looking for, or the progress we need to make so we can win at life. 

It's okay if you're feeling this way today, or if you felt this way in the past.  It’s normal to enjoy your comfort zone...it’s literally very comfortable in there.

But today I am going to challenge you to rise up out of that comfort zone and get what you want most out of life. 

The truth is, if you stay in your comfort zone all the time, you stay the same. You won't grow, you won't succeed in new ways, and you may start to blame or make excuses.

But Champions don't make excuses. Champions don't blame. Champions rise up. 

A few years ago, I set a pretty huge personal goal. My husband and I have come to call it “The Trifecta” period of my life.   I decided to enter a beauty pageant, play semi-pro football, and go on stage for a bodybuilding competition, all in one month. 

So I started out training for these goals and I was having some success, but eventually I hit a point where I wasn't quite reaching where I needed to be.

I was about two months out from my “Trifecta month”  and I was starting to get overwhelmed and frustrated because my body was not where it needed to be to step on the stage and step on the field.

After a lot of stress, blaming, and making excuses (yeah, I sometimes find myself there too).  I finally had this Eureka moment where I realized that had not been pushing myself out of my comfort zone. 

The truth is, I was staying the same because I was doing all the same training that I've always done. I was eating basically the same way that I've always eaten.  And yet for some unknown reason, I was expecting to get a different result. 

Have you ever felt this way before?  Have you ever realized that you are staying where you are, because you are not challenging yourself to be different?

When I finally stepped outside of my comfort zone and began pushing myself in new ways past fear, pain, and all of the things that I had not felt or experienced before, I found success. 

In Living a Champion Life, we teach 3 tricks to break out of your comfort zone and win at life.

• Know your comfort zone. 

Take note of what you're comfortable with and track your normal day to day, regular habits. Take the time to really identify what is in your comfort zone.  

If you don't actually go through this process of identifying what habits, objects, behaviors, people, and routines you are comfortable with, how will you ever know if you are in your comfort zone or outside it?

It's like a dog owner being nose blind to the smell of their house...

If you have a dog…  you might just be used to how they smell.  It’s okay, I get it, there are worse things.  Our family has the cutest little labrador retriever and we are definitely nose blind to our fuzzy little pal.  I mean, she’s just so cute... 

The same could happen in your life. You could become “nose blind” to your own comfort zone and never really recognize it.

Anything come to mind?

• Cross the threshold. 

Think of a doorway, and at the bottom there's a line that says you're either in or you're out. Outside of your comfort zone will be different, maybe scary, maybe a little painful, but you have to face this uncomfortableness in order to find freedom and win at life.

You actually have to take that scary step over the threshold. 

If you fail to do that, your life really will not change. You must leave the comforts of your habits and behaviors in order to break through and cause change to happen in your life. 

Go ahead, take that step, expect it to be uncomfortable, and a little scary, but do it anyway!

• Know your Referees 

Now think about a Referee in sports. They are the ones dictating the flow of the game. They're enforcing the rules, critiquing each play, and keeping score.

You're going to experience refs in your life too, especially when you leave your comfort zone. It's inevitable. 

Now, just like in sports, you'll find good Referees and bad Referees. 

There will be some that are supportive, and they're trying to enforce rules that they feel will “help” or “protect” you. Usually these Refs are coming from a place of love, like maybe parents or friends that are just afraid of you taking that step and risking perceived “danger”. 

BUT…

Just because they love you, doesn’t mean they can plan your life for you.  If you want to transform your life and rise up to be the Champion you know you are, then keep loving on them, but don’t let them persuade you differently.  

Unfortunately, you'll also experience a few bad Refs in your life.   These people may just be hating on you because they are jealous or uncomfortable with your success.  Your journey towards winning at life may make them feel bad about where they are.  They may shame you for trying, and try to ‘keep you in your place’. 

Ignore the haters, or use them as motivation. Their discomfort is not your problem.

Overall, we need to understand that no matter what, there will always be Referees in our life.  If you don't know them, and plan for them, you may feel pressured by them when they show up.  They may convince you to go back into that comfort zone. 

So let’s get to work and stay motivated.  Define your comfort zone, cross that threshold, and know your Referees. 

If you liked this, just click the link below to get our Champion Playbook “The 5 Biggest Things You Must Do to Unlock Your Potential, Regain Control, and Get The Things You Want Most in Life”. 

I hope you Champion yourself, your day, and your life.

-Coach Stacey