It is being talked about in many motivational videos around the world. Books speak about it; coaches keep telling us about it. There are so many great YouTube videos on how to challenge yourself daily in order to become successful.
I have always liked a challenge in the past but after I became a single mum I lost my sense of security and with it, I lost my confidence. So, instead of venturing out there, I chose instead to curl up and stay safe in my comfort zone.
I remember one day, I had promised to take my daughter to a birthday party out of town, but when I realised that I had to drive quite far to the party, the panic set in. I was literally scared, scared to drive all the way there and maybe get lost, scared to come back and drive at night. If we got lost, who would come and help? What if the car broke down? etc…
Then a couple of days later, I was having a conversation with my fourteen-year-old daughter about her psychology course at school and how they had learnt about “getting out of you comfort zone”
I felt quite embarrassed at the fact that I was going to come up with an excuse to not take my daughter to the birthday party the next day.
That is when I realised that if I wanted to become successful, I needed to try and challenge myself. Even though, just thinking about it scared me and almost paralysed me. As people say, you need to do it afraid. I decided to do it afraid and that is what I did.
We went to the party, did not get lost, came back at night safely and everyone was happy. My daughter for having enjoyed a crazy party and myself for having completed the task successfully!
So, if like me, you are scared of challenges, or even despise the word CHALLENGE, but you know that it is one of the most important component of becoming successful in your life whatever that could be, I invite you to choose what scares you the most and try, see what happens!
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