How far can you go?
How far do you think you can go? What are your limits? You may think you’re operating at your limits with what you’ve got to deal with on a daily basis. However, I beg to differ; we can all achieve more than we are currently achieving. We are all guilty of operating in our comfort zone. Your comfort zone is that area in your life where you are just ‘ticking along’ without to much trouble. It could be likened to a stroll in the park; there may be some of you that do stretch yourself out of your comfort zone into your stretch zone and occasionally into your panic zone just for good measure. Those of you who occasionally enjoy the occasional trip into these outer zones I’ll leave you to enjoy your experiences while I concentrate on those who are struggling to find the outer edge of their comfort zone.
You may remember studying the adventures of Christopher Columbus at school and his discovery of the Americas. He was a person who loved to venture out of his comfort zone and did so on a number of occasions on his discoveries of new lands. He was certainly ahead of the game with personal development training.
How do you think he managed to keep the motivation of his crew on board his ship as they travelled into uncharted waters. He wouldn’t have had the benefit of a blog diary to keep people informed, his method of recording events would have been a journal diary. The journeys they were undertaking had never been completed before and at the time the general thinking was that the world was ‘flat’ and should anybody dare to venture too far they would fall off the edge of the earth. One of his more difficult tasks must have been to change the mind set of his crew from the old way of thinking to a new paradigm of think that the world was, in fact, ’round’. It must have been quite a challenge to change their way of thinking; if he had listened to his doubters and those who loved the space of their comfort zone how long would it have been before the Americas was discovered?
Another, more recent, example of changing the general pattern of thinking was in 1954 when Sir Roger Bannister broke the record for running a mile when he did covered the distance in less than 4 minutes, the exact time was 3′59.4″. Up that point it was considered an impossible task for a man to run so fast, however since that record breaking feat the time has been lowered by almost 17 seconds. Not bad for something that was considered an impossible feat.
These are only two of the many major ground breaking events in the world. What are your own ground breaking events in your own life? If you can’t name any, what major ground breaking events are you going to implement in your life to create the major shift that is required to ’shake it up’. To begin making the changes in your life and to find out how far you can go, you need to change your thinking and mind set. Start thinking big! Thinking small never helped anybody; all it does is prevent you from progressing and reaching the targets you set for yourself.
If you’re used to the small time thinking of mediocrity and the simplicity of your comfort zone and you’re looking for a way out; start by thinking of the impossible and the unachievable. Without thinking on a higher plane and more creative level you will continue to live your life of un-eventfulness and the same cyclic events you have lived previously will continue. Shake off the old life style and move into the ‘fast lane’ and start living your life on your terms. Get moving on your personal growth.
Thank you for reading; please let me know what you think and share your experiences.
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