Sep 25, 2019
122 | Becky Blalock Shares How Getting Outside Your Comfort Zone Builds Confidence
When was the last time that you really stepped out of your comfort zone?
Becky Blalock is the author of the bestselling book DARE: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage, and Career and a trailblazer to the C-suite. Becky Blalock is a sought after speaker, IT thought leader and a champion of skill and relationship building to achieve success in the workplace. She is the Managing Partner at Advisory Capital, a consulting firm providing strategic insight for companies involved in the energy and information technology. During her 33-year career with Southern Company, Ms. Blalock held a variety of leadership positions before becoming SVP and CIO.
Ms. Blalock serves on several public company boards including Hannon Armstrong and Aspen Aerogels and as an advisor in several private equity ventures. She is also active on the Board of Counselors for The Carter Center and is a trustee of the Woodruff Arts.
If you want to get outside your comfort zone, it’s going to require that you stretch yourself!
I did a four month leadership training, and for one of our sessions, we went to a ropes course in the Los Angeles area. For one of the obstacles, we had to climb up a pole, and jump out front to catch the swinging trapeze.
The pole was wobbling, and I could see all of Los Angeles when I was standing on top - let me tell you, that got me out of my comfort zone! I think my legs were even shaking uncontrollably.
But here’s the reality: when you stretch yourself, and push yourself outside of your comfort zone, anything that you attempt afterwards will be and feel easier.
Any of the obstacles on that course was nowhere near as hard as it could have been, if I hadn’t already stretched myself outside of my comfort zone!
It’s important to remember that a NO or a rejection just means “not right now”, and it’s a valuable place for you to get feedback! That way, you can keep pushing yourself outside your comfort zone, and it will just keep getting easier!
This week’s guest on Success Unfiltered, Becky Blalock, had a similar experience - but she was pushed! She’s found, as she’s been in the corporate world, pitching her book, and working as an investor, that the more you push yourself outside of your comfort zone, the easier doing the hard things becomes!
If you’re ready to get outside your comfort zone, make sure that you tune into this episode of Success Unfiltered! You’ll be inspired to stretch yourself beyond your imagination!
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Entrepreneurs, Do You TRULY Believe In YOU? You know that you have to believe in yourself. So tell me, have you done that yet? If you said NO, you’re not alone. The truth is that you are the most important asset your business has...but you’ve probably invested a lot more in strategies, websites, and leads than you have in serious self-love. That’s all about to change. Learn my 3 simple steps to shift your vibration, upgrade your mindset, and become your own biggest fan with my FREE guide, Believing In Yourself (For REAL This Time)! Don’t wait to give your business the solid foundation for success that it deserves--YOU!
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