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"Explore the concept of comfort zones and the importance of pushing beyond them to achieve success and fulfillment. Learn how positive affirmations, visualization, and changing behavior can help you break free from self-imposed limitations. Discover inspiring stories and practical strategies for personal growth and transformation."
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Principle #7 Release the Brakes
What does this mean? “Everything you want is just outside of your comfort zone.” -Robert Allen Multimillionaire, author, and motivational speaker
A comfort zone is that place where we feel safe and secure – a place where we can avoid worry, fear, or failure. What is a Comfort Zone?
When you feel fear, uneasiness, or butterflies in your stomach, you are on the edge of your comfort zone Where’s the Edge of My Comfort Zone?
In your notes, list five things that you would do if you knew you could not fail. Quick - Write If I knew I could not fail, I would: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
When still a baby, the elephant is tethered by a very thick rope to a stake firmly hammered into the ground. The elephant tries several times to get free, but it lacks the strength to do so. After a year, the stake and the rope are still strong enough to keep a small elephant tethered, although it continues to try, unsuccessfully, to get free. At this point, the animal realizes that the rope will always be too strong and so it gives up. When it reaches adulthood, the elephant can still remember how, for a long time, it had wasted its energies trying to escape captivity. At this stage, the trainer can tether the elephant with a slender thread tied to a broom handle, and the elephant will make no attempt to escape to freedom. Don’t Be a Tethered Elephant
Change the way you talk to yourself - use positive language such as “I can…, I am…, I will…” Visualize your life the way you want it Change your behavior Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone Video Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsPsf7je-hM&playnext=1&list=PL5653778F373232A8&feature=results_main 6 minutes 27 seconds
Comfort Zone “The only difference between a rut and a grave is in their dimensions.” -Ellen Glasglow Comfort Zones are Like Ruts
Choose Your Endless Loop “Whatever we think about, we bring about.”
Affirmations are statements that describe goals in their completed states Affirmations Examples: Goal: To be a successful business owner Affirmation: I am a successful business owner. Goal: To be able to vacation in the Bahamas with my family. Affirmation: I am sitting in the Bahamas with my family. Goal: To get good grades. Affirmation: I am a 4.0 student.
Start with the words “I am” Use the present tense State it in the positive Keep it brief Make it specific Include and “-ing” action word Include at least one dynamic emotion or feeling word. Tips for Affirmations
Examples: Goal: I want to own a new car by the time I am 21 Affirmation: Goal: To be at the top of my graduating class Affirmation:. Goal: To have a family by the time I am 28 Affirmation: Goal: To be the best player on my team Affirmation: Affirmation Practice
Read about setting goals on pages 79-88 in the book entitled The Success Principles by Jack Canfield and Kent Healy. • Take down one page of Cornell notes. Silent Reading
