Episode 0: Tips For Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
Welcome to Full of Ourselves podcast insightful, irreverent and intelligent conversations for women in business.
Why is there an episode 0? Good question.
This is our first podcast recording together, which was done for the Jewellers Academy podcast. This episode was so popular, with so many great comments, that it spurred us on to start the Full of Ourselves podcast.
In this conversation we really got into the subject of navigating our comfort zone looking at what a comfort zone is, how to know you are in your comfort zone, tips for getting out of your comfort zone and much more. This was a really great conversation and a gentle look at how to move forward.
You can listen to the episode on the player below. Alternatively, find episode 195 of the Jewellers Academy podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify. Or watch on YouTube.
Chapters
3 mins: Sensitivity is a superpower for creatives, we need it for our imagination
4 mins: What do you mean by comfort zone? Should we call it our complacency zone?
9 mins: What is your motivation, what is your why?
11 mins: Negativity bias and getting stuck in 'what if'
13 mins: How do you know when you are in a comfort zone?
14 mins: Congratulations are in order. Remember that where you are right now used to be out of your comfort zone. Look back at what you do now that used to be out of your comfort zone and remember that you've done it before and can do it again
16 mins: You can be scared and still do the thing
18 mins: Our brain creates excuses - I don't have time, I'm too old/young, I don't know enough. Look at where your excuses are
23 mins: How fear manifests itself - the three ps - perfectionism, people pleasing, procrastination
25 mins: Stepping out of our comfort zone is how we learn
31 mins: It doesn't have to be all or nothing, let's build our muscle of consistency
33 mins: Are you taking where you are, what you do etc for granted? This is a sign you are in a comfort zone
25 min: How to get out of your comfort zone
1. You don't have to take a big leap, make small changes
2. Try/learn something new
3. Know yourself - how do you stay grounded? What makes you feel safe?
4. You don't have to do this alone
5. We only know what is right for us in hindsight. We can't think our way to knowing, we have to try
6. What is stopping you? Get honest with yourself
7. How can I make a fool of myself? How much time and energy can I waste on this?
47 min: We worry about wasting time but how much time are you wasting worrying about this and not doing it?
48 mins: How is always the wrong question. The question to ask is what is exciting me about this? Why?
50 mins: We don't always have to push out of our comfort zone. It can be seasonal - sometimes it's spring, we are growing and thriving. And sometimes it's winter and we need to bed in, to practice what we can already do