How to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone and Fully Step Forward into Your Growth Zone in 10 Steps

Be sure to think things through when necessary so that you're taking a smart step towards defeating your comfort zone. Stepping out of your comfort zone is a lot harder when you have someone pumping the brakes on every little thing. There has likely been a time where you've heard someone say, "I can't do that. That's definitely out of my comfort zone." After committing to putting myself out there more, I quickly realized that the HABIT of taking risks makes you more likely to expand your horizons and try other new things. Start that book or project you’ve always wanted to start.

They discovered that mice were more motivated to complete a maze when given mild electrical shocks. However, the mice hid in fear once the shocks became too strong. Paradoxically, in their dedicated efforts to protect you, they themselves get trapped—hopelessly trapped. Their generalizing what they believe could render you non-functional becomes perilously over-generalized, and these self-defensive parts become rigidified. I have previously written about how to extricate yourself from this defeatist trap—self-imposed, illusory, and ultimately not especially comfortable.

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I encourage you to push yourself in unfamiliar places, to do things that you wouldn’t normally do. Now, I realize that this can mean several different things to different people. If you are agreeing to travel in general, then you are already agreeing to step out of your comfort zone. You are willing and eager to explore new territories, meet new people, try new foods, and immerse yourself in a new culture.

If you feel uncomfortable speaking in front of a room full of people, it may be helpful to take a public speaking course. Once you've taken the first steps to address your fears, it will be that much easier to overcome them eventually. If you want to step out of your comfort zone, try starting with small things so it doesn’t seem like a big jump. For example, talk to a stranger at the grocery store or listen to a new genre of music. Once these small challenges become a daily routine, you’ll find it much easier to tackle bigger challenges.

It's human nature to want to protect ourselves from the unknown, and we tend to pull our security blankets even tighter around us when we simply think about conquering our biggest fears. That little voice inside your head that always seems to come up with a clever way to opt out of experiences you might be dreading needs to go. Again, we know ourselves better than anyone, and it can be easy to fall into the same old Mindset Matters patterns and routines that bring us comfort. Here we take care of you for a change – both as a mom, and as a beautiful growing person. I worked to step out of my comfort zone again in small, tangible ways.