A New Type of Goal to Pursue—Comfort Zones Demolished
Even if your 2023 goals seem finalized, be aware of a huge missing ingredient. You must also demolish the comfort zones likely to be serious obstacles to accomplish your heartfelt goals. What comfort zones will you demolish this year that are equally essential goals?
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Comfort zone demolition is the process of altering decision criteria to forgo immediate comfort in order to start doing the uncomfortable tasks required to achieve desired results. Ultimately, this decision to disregard comfort determines whether we fall short or accomplish our goals that truly matter. If we don’t demolish a comfort zone, we procrastinate, do ineffective substitute behaviors, or drop the goal entirely.
If conceiving top priority goals and demolishing comfort zones are equally important, why not set measurable goals for “comfort zones demolished?
By writing down comfort zones to be demolished, you stay aware of ineffective substitute behaviors to replace with the exact behaviors required to achieve goals.
Comfort zone demolition is essential for performance breakthroughs. Is it time for you to set a new type of goal—comfort zones demolished?
Ruthlessly Honest Question
What are your vital goals that require comfort zone demolitions as complimentary goals in order for you to be successful?
Heroic Experiment for This Week
1. Pick one of your top priority goals and write down the behaviors you must stop doing to demolish comfort zones that interfere with achieving it.
For this entire month, be alert to notice the ineffective behavior you substitute for doing the uncomfortable behaviors required to achieve your top priority goal.
Keep a scorecard to track the percentage of occasions where you demolish this comfort zone.
2. MANAGERS: Revise your employee development plans to include “comfort zones demolished” as goals to review on a quarterly basis with your team members.
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