What Will You Do Differently This Week?

We are creatures of habit.  Many of us desire routines, rituals, stability.  It is dangerous to be lulled into the complacency of habits.  We need to continue to move forward and push ourselves out of our comfort zone. 

I write this primarily for myself.  Fear of failure has long been the excuse I have provided for not trying new things or taking risks.  When will I learn to let go of this excuse?  There is certainly something I can do about it and I don't believe the answer lies in all of the sudden taking one large risk.  Instead, it is about taking little risks daily. Almost like building up to running a marathon.  My neighbor recently ran in the NY Marathon and he had been in training for many months.  Did all that training prepare him for the physical and emotional strain of the full marathon, well, no. And he didn't win it either. Yet, he completed it.  He will never forget the experience and he is a new person because of this experience. 

What can you do today, this week, this month, to begin training for your marathon?  What small risk or one step can you take to push yourself out of your comfort zone?

Here's what I am going to do. Instead of driving the known route to a destination, I am going to take a new route to each destination I made this week.  Sounds simple or stupid, but as I think about how I am going to do that, it is developing something.  I will not take anything for granted. 

Comments

[Career Sherpa]

Bill, could it be we are all like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz-if you can't find happiness in your own back yard, it was never there to begin with...

And thank you to Deborah Mourey (www.hellinthehallway.net) too, who shared this wonderful post http://chris.olstrom.com/blog/opinion/on-limitations-and-self-doubt/

Here's to a week of kicking up some dust for all of us!

[Bill Griffin]

Hi Hannah,

You have some kismet thinking right here.If your looking for change amidst complacency there is no need to look around for it. It's within you, starts with you. Move your feet and the head will follow. Thanks for this posting, very timely. You got me thinking about what I'm going to do next to kick up some dust.