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TRIP TIP #27 “Get Outside of Your Comfort Zone!”
Keith Renninson • Jun 01, 2021
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TRIP TIP #27 “Get Outside of Your Comfort Zone!”
Hi, this is Keith Renninson “The Tenacity Expert”
professional speaker & author of the award-winning book “Tenacity, You Don’t Have to Get Lost in Nepal to Find Yourself, But it Helps!”. I’m here with my next installment of my TRIP Tips for the financial services professional. Remember that TRIP is an acronym for TENACITY, RESILIENCE, IMAGINATION, AND PURPOSE.
So, lets’ get started!
I've mentioned this before and it's so true. If you never ventured out the front door of your home you'd never know what world exists in your own front yard. The old adage of "nothing ventured nothing gained"
is very true. They call it a “comfort zone” for a reason...so get uncomfortable, do something uncharacteristic, and maybe a little dangerous, just a little! Like go for a bike ride to stir up the endorphins and get you excited and energized, go hiking, or play tennis.
I've got a t-shirt that says: "I earn a living doing what you fear most...public speaking!". When I first started speaking, I would be visibly shaking with fear. My mouth would go so dry that I couldn't spit let alone speak. My ears would ring, my mind would race, and I would forget what I supposed to say. But in time I began to feel more comfortable with what needed to be done and I learned to speak with confidence and strength…thank you Toastmasters!
I really stepped out of my comfort zone when I traveled alone to Nepal when I got lost on my trip years ago. I had so much fun preparing for the trip, planning my route, how I would spend my days after my trek, etc. But, when I actually got on the plane I couldn’t figure out if I was excited or filled with anxiety! I learned so much about myself on that vacation, what I was capable of, how much strength I had and how to depend on my intuition and decisions.
If you never step outside of your comfort zone, you'll never know what you are capable of.
Use your imagination to think of ways that you can take baby steps toward something you fear and want to overcome. It's in those small steps that you will see that you indeed can do things you fear. Go ahead try it today! Implement my TRIP System of great communication with your clients and explore the possibilities!
See you next time, and in the meantime, step out of your comfort zone and experience life to its fullest!
Goodbye,
Keith......
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This is the second in a series of four on team building with TRIP. Remember, in my last blog I shared that it would be performed in reverse with “purpose” first and now we will implement the “imagination” section.
Imagination is probably the most fun of the character traits of TRIP. I love it because I can immerse myself in creativity and play!
How can TRIP help with team building you ask? By using it backwards! Huh? Yup, we will start with “Purpose” instead of Tenacity. The series will move from purpose to imagination, to resilience, and lastly to tenacity. When you look at TRIP from this reverse perspective it becomes clear that it flows naturally in team building and task completion. As with any project you must know your purpose first, so that’s where we will start.
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