Message of the Day - Comfort Zones, time to get out of yours

Good Morning,

 

This past Friday, my stepdaughter graduated from high school and I with other family members attended the graduation. As part of the ceremony there were several speeches made. The Valedictorian's speech covered, among other things, moving out of one's comfort zone. While sharing this wisdom with his fellow classmates, he shared what he did to get out his own comfort zone. In one case, he took a drama class and even sang in a musical, including a solo piece in front of an audience. Some things he had never done before.

 

The rewards for stepping out of our comfort zone are vast and many. As an overarching theme, when we do step out, we ultimately find that we learn and grow in the areas where we stretched ourselves.

 

In each area where we move outside of our comfort zone, we learn something more about ourselves like gaining new insights into our lives and the world around us.

 

It could be as simple as taking an additional step. For example, the valedictorian was very comfortable playing the piano, but not singing. So he played an instrument during these productions. This was comfortable for him. Learning to sing, that was outside of his zone. So he stepped out and started singing with the piano playing. Then singing solo, another step outside of his comfort zone.

 

Each step took him to a higher level of accomplishment, a higher level of confidence in self and a higher ability to engage life which helped him earn the top spot of Valedictorian. And after obtaining that goal, he no doubt is looking for new ways to move out of his comfort zone as he looks toward the future.

 

Stepping outside of our own comfort zones, while appearing scary, it is only scary until you take that next step. Looking back, more often than not, we find what we feared was really nothing to fear at all.

 

Moving out of our comfort zones, another step to learn and grow daily!

 

Enjoy!

 

Sanford Berenberg
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