- People wake up everyday with a goal and a vision
that they'd love to bring to life.
But countless never make it happen.
They struggle with stress, anxiety, and intense fear
that they don't have what it takes to succeed,
resulting in goals being buried deep
so the constant reminder of a dream unfulfilled
doesn't cause them grief.
They're afraid to step up and step out
of their comfort zone.
But what if you have a really big goal
that you'd love to achieve,
and despite trying every self-help strategy
in the Peak Performance Handbook, you're no closer,
and you're certainly nowhere near giving up.
First, we must ask ourselves,
"Are comfort zones really where dreams go to die?"
No, it's the ground in which they're born.
You see, attempting to leave your comfort zone
and evolve into the person that you wanna become
is like putting a stake in the ground
to represent your old self,
throwing a rubber band around it,
stepping into the open loop,
and trying to sprint as far away from the stake
as fast as you can, with the rubber band around your waist.
If you sprint away from your current self too fast,
the tension between who you currently are
and who you wanna become becomes so unbearable
that you'll snap back into your old self hard and fast.
Your old self, that's drenched in old beliefs
based on what you're currently capable of,
beliefs that your primal mind considers safe.
The shock from this snapback can dramatically impact
the way that you see the world and yourself,
making you cautious about future attempts at change.
This is what we call the snapback effect,
and it's your primal brain's built-in safety system,
designed to keep you safe.
And it's also the first signal that you haven't yet done
the homework that you need to
to make this evolution a success.
You see, you can't outperform your current identity of self.
You can't be more than who you already are,
unless you can clearly see who you are yet to become.
To break through and break free,
you need to gradually evolve into the person
that you wanna become.
You need to see beyond your current self
and paint a beautiful and inspiring vision
that draws you to it like a magnet.
A seedling doesn't just grow into a tree overnight.
It takes time, patience, and a trust
that everything will unfold how and when it needs to.
More than that, it requires you
to build up your mental muscles first,
so you can give your body and your brain
a road map for success,
one that your primal mind views as safe
and is part of your larger comfort zone
in which your goals were first born
and in which they can come to life.
The truth is, it's never been
about escaping your comfort zone,
it's always been about expanding it.
But first, we have to understand the physiological
and psychological aspect of what stops us in our tracks
each and every time.
And it's not just stepping outside
of your current self that stops you.
In a survey of over 25,000,
we uncovered 76% of people are struggling with daily stress,
and over 50% are dealing with daily depression,
anxiety, and exhaustion.
This won't just cause you to snap back
into your comfort zone,
your primal brain will also turn on self-preservation mode,
which is where it has to prioritize bottom bodily functions
over your goals, no matter what they are.
In this state, you have an energy deficit.
That's the distance between how much energy
you currently have, and the energy
that you actually need to fuel your expansion.
And just like your mobile phone turns on
power-saving mode when it runs low,
it subsequently turns off background tasks
to preserve energy for key functions,
in turn, your primal brain turns on self-preservation mode
when it's up against anxiety,
stress, depression, and exhaustion.
Achieving your goals is more
than just expanding your comfort zone.
It's also about managing both your psychology
and your biochemistry, so the two are working for you
and not against you, or you're forever going
to find yourself wanting to turn right
to achieve your goals, while your primal mind
is actually pulling you left, to rest and recover.
It's two sides of the same coin.
One doesn't exist without the other.
And the other impacts the first.
Psychological stress triggers inflammation within the body.
Inflammation has been connected to depression,
hormonal imbalances, restless sleep, and more.
On the flip side, environmental triggers,
such as toxins, nutritional deficiencies,
food sensitives, and digestive problems
can all mimic psychological disorders,
such as depression., aggression, and anxiety,
which more than not, get misdiagnosed as a poor attitude,
and not what they truly are, an internal imbalance
that throws your thinking into chaos,
an imbalance that needs to be treated carefully.
Imagine for a minute, trying to reach your goals
when you're constantly stressed out.
You're filled with anxiety, fear, and dread,
and you're constantly exhausted,
like 50% of the people that we surveyed.
It's setting you up for failure from day one
because it's forever going to trigger
self-preservation mode, and you're forever going to feel
like you're stuck spinning your wheels.
To increase your likelihood of success
and finally release the handbrake,
we can't just focus on psychology,
we have to focus on both psychology and biochemistry,
so all of your systems are fueled for a marathon
and not a sprint.
By reducing cortisol, the stress hormone,
you'll increase your susceptibility to stress,
thus reducing the likelihood
that you'll flip your safety switch
that will prevent you from achieving your goals.
By addressing nutritional deficiencies
that mimic psychological disorders,
you will recharge your body and your brain
and fuel it for peak mental cognition and focus.
By not blaming everything on a poor attitude,
you'll take a position of power
and look deeper at how your psychology
and your biochemistry alter your behavior
at an unconscious level
that will put you miles ahead of the pack.
And by studying your area of expertise and fueling yourself
for your mission to become unstoppable,
you will have both the emotional and energetic resources
to finally close the gap from who you are
to who you wanna become.
So instead of thinking that your comfort zone
is a place where your dreams go to die,
remind yourself it's the fertile ground
in which they were first born,
and in which you will eventually flourish.
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