If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Being comfortable isn't the way to learn to expand your abilities.
Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.
You have to raise the bar. Give yourself a challenge. Ask yourself, 'How can one make the impossible materialise?'
Basically, I try to look at everything I do as a stretch.
Just go for it. Don't be afraid of trying new things. You have absolutely no idea what's going to present itself to you. Don't be frightened. Just buckle down and do whatever your heart desires.
You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you.
If you feel too comfortable while you're performing, you're probably not doing it right.
You have to go to your limit to progress.
Be bold enough to find the one thing that you are passionate about. It might not be what you were trained to do. But be bold enough to do the one thing. Nobody needs to dig it but you.
Never stop taking risks. Just keep reaching.
The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you're not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you're satisfied and make you happy, you're not getting stronger. You're staying where you're at. Either you're getting better, or you're getting worse. You're not staying the same.
You need to live a little bit outside your comfort zone because you can be even more than you dream of.
I encourage all humans to do something out of your comfort zone that forces you to adapt. You'll be pleasantly surprised of your capabilities.
You need to aim beyond what you are capable of. You must develop a complete disregard for where your abilities end. Try to do things that you're incapable of... If you think you're incapable of running a company, make that your aim... Make your vision of where you want to be a reality. Nothing is impossible.
I'm a big believer in doing things that make you uncomfortable. So, we live in a world where we want to be as comfortable as we can. And we wonder why we have no growth. We wonder why - when the smallest thing in our life gets difficult - we wonder why we cower and we run away.
Doing what you do well is death. Your duty is to keep trying to do things that you don't do well, in the hope of learning.
Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
I was so happy in my comfort zone which was dancing. But after a point, you feel the need to grow, otherwise everything becomes boring. Naturally, the next step for me was acting.
I need balls put in the box and I need chances to be created for me.
Be open to opportunity and take risks. In fact, take the worst, the messiest, the most challenging assignment you can find, and then take control.
