brought to you by https://www.market-connections.net Few things are more difficult than change. Change presents surprising situations and forces us into uncomfortable situations. If we are not prepared to handle challenging situations, we will struggle with change. This guide can help in stepping out of one's comfort zone and in overcoming personal challenges.

1. How to Leave
Your Comfort
Zone Behind

2. Your comfort zone is
that safe place where
you like to hang out.

3. It’s the people, places, and
behaviors that cause you
little to no stress.

4. We all like to be be
comfortable.

5. Unfortunately, your comfort
zone also prevents change
from occurring in your life.

6. Your life won’t change
unless you do
something new…

7. …and new behaviors
create discomfort.

8. We’ve spent much of
our life avoiding
situations that make us
uncomfortable.

9. This avoidance also causes
us to become stuck.

10. Life feels old and stale
when nothing ever
changes.

11. We don’t change,
grow, or have
adventures.

12. Increase your tolerance for
discomfort with these
strategies…

13. 1. Give yourself practice
by making small changes
each day…

14. ✴Go see a movie you
would never see.

15. ✴Take something new for
lunch.

16. ✴Try a new restaurant.

17. ✴Take an Uber or the bus
to work if you normally
drive.

18. ✴Exercise each morning
for a week.

19. Learn to manage the
discomfort you feel from
these small changes.

20. 2. Take small steps
toward a big goal.

21. Big goals are
scary enough.

22. Adding huge changes
may convince you to
change your mind.

23. Suppose
your goal
is to lose
75 pounds...

24. It wouldn’t be productive to
put yourself on a strict diet…

25. …and try to
exercise for
two hours
each day.

26. What could
you do instead?

27. ✴Have a healthy low-calorie
breakfast each morning.

28. ✴Take a 20-minute
walk each evening.

29. ✴Eliminate high-calorie drinks.

30. ✴Add a salad to dinner
and drop a side dish.

31. Any of
these
would be a
good start.

32. After a week, you
could add another.

33. What could you do
each day to move
yourself toward
your goal?

34. 3. Talk to
strangers.

35. The world is filled
with amazing people.

36. Use them as practice for
expanding your comfort zone.

37. Why be bored standing in line…

38. …when you could talk
to someone new?

39. Is it scary?

40. A little, but ask yourself why.

41. 4. Change your
wardrobe.

42. Wear something you
would never wear.

43. ✴Try wearing it around
the house at first.

44. ✴Wear it to the store.

45. ✴Let your best
friend see it.

46. Ask yourself
why you feel
that way.
Notice how
you feel.

47. 5. Try a
new food.

48. Maybe it’s sushi
or something
spicy.

49. Give something
new a chance.

50. 6. Go
someplace
you would
normally
never go.

51. Maybe you avoid bars,
churches, museums, or
public places.

52. Try someplace new
and expand your
knowledge of the world.

53. 7. Go an entire day
without checking your
personal email…

54. …or social
media.

55. This will be easy
for some and
impossible for others.

56. See if you can
go 24 hours
without cheating.

57. Looking
ahead…

58. Your comfort zone is
preventing you from
becoming all you can be.

59. Push yourself to spend
some time feeling
uncomfortable each day.

60. Over time, you’ll build up
your tolerance…

61. …and be able
to deal with
more stress.

62. Your life will
change for
the better.

63. Leave your comfort zone
behind today and be free!