I have only grown when I got out of my comfort zone. In this episode, we're going
to address the question "How do I get out of my comfort zone?" So, get ready. I'm
going to show you where the magic happens.
So, I'm Doug Andrew. And even though I've been a financial strategist and
retirement planning specialist for more than 45 years, I've helped a lot of
people, entrepreneurs, families, multi-millionaires, billionaires learn some
very valuable principles to take their business to 10 times in less than 60
months with with 10 keys. But one of the concepts that I've received thank-you
notes over and over again is helping people understand how to get out of
their comfort zone. I'm going to show you a little illustration here of what most
of us do as we go through life and we go out and we start practicing in our
discipline maybe as a dentist or a chiropractor or as a CPA or an attorney.
We sort of get settled into what we call the comfort zone. So, here we are in this
comfort zone right here. And we just sort of... We don't want to get out of this zone.
We're very comfortable just talking one-on-one with our patients or doing
this as somebody asked you to come and give a keynote address to a group of
2,000 other doctors or dentists. All of a sudden, "Oh! That takes me out of my
comfort zone. I get... I have stage fright." You know what? I have learned in life
that I never have grown until I got out of that comfort zone. So, in order to do
that, I had to learn some things that I needed to seize the opportunities that
took me out of the comfort zone. So, I'm going to draw this and show you what I mean.
So, magic. Yep. I have learned that I have only grown when I got out of the comfort
zone because that is where the magic happens. See, whenever I had the
opportunity, the very first time to get on the radio was I out of my comfort
zone. Absolutely. Boy, was i nervous. I mean they told me... I
don't know if this helped. "Hey, when you talk on this microphone..." Because I'm here in
my own radio studio right now. But the very first time I did this in California
on a station they go, "Now, this is a 50,000 watt Clear Channel station. And so
right now there are somewhere between 3 million to 12 million people listening."
All of a sudden, I just... I was shaking. And so, I was out of my comfort zone. But I
only grew by getting out of my comfort zone and talking on the radio. And I was
nervous. I was sweating like crazy when I came out of that 3-minute interview. Now,
I walk into this studio and I get in front of this microphone and I actually
get energy by visualizing 12 million people driving their car on the way home
from a soccer game on Saturday or Grandma and Grandpa. Those are my ideal
listeners. And I envisioned them out there. And what am I going to say to them
to clear up their confusion? Or maybe they feel isolated or they feel
powerless, how can I give them clarity confidence in capability by providing
leadership, relationship and creativity. They can't see me. But if I use my voice,
my tonality. So now, it becomes very natural to me. When I first gave a talk
in front of 50 people, I was scared. Then I learned to tame the butterflies. And
then I started to talk to 100 people and 2000 and 4000 then 20,000
people. But it wasn't until I got out of the comfort zone that I grew. Now, I still
have butterflies. We all do. But I've learned to tame them so that when I
actually go on stage in front of 20,000 people, it actually is energizing to me.
So, anything that you want to do if it's singing or writing a book or public
speaking or to start doing, you will only grow when you get out of that comfort
zone. And when you seize the opportunities that cause you to stretch,
to get out of that zone, you will find that that's where the magic happens.
And you will begin to grow and develop and you'll begin to seize the
opportunities. If somebody says come and do this and it's the same-old, same-old,
that's boring. See, you're in your comfort zone. But if you have a unique
opportunity that takes you out of the comfort zone, causes you to stretch,
pretty soon you'll be seizing those opportunities instead of running away
from them. And watch how your life grows and expands. So, the key message here is
to don't follow the herd. Don't do what everybody else does. Don't just hunker
down and stay comfortable in whatever comfort zone you like to be in. Get out.
Life's too short not to seize the opportunities. Get out there outside of
that comfort zone where the magic happens. And I'm not talking about doing
something stupid like an Evel Knievel motorcycle jump off of a cliff. No, no. You
want to be within your exceptional expertise. Your unique ability. But you
want to seize the opportunities that utilize your exceptional expertise, your
abilities. But something you've never done before it's different and you're
nervous. But the more you seize those opportunities, you will see your life
becoming more and more abundant. So, my challenge is to you is to seize those,
get out of your comfort zone. I would love for you to learn this concept and
many more. This is what I teach to my kids and my grandkids at our annual
grandpas camp. This is where the teenagers come. For the first 3,
days, we talk teenage talk. And then the 4-year-olds come and stay with
Grandma. The eight-year-olds and overcome with
Grandpa. We combine them altogether. But one of the things I help them all do is
get out of their comfort zone. We take hot air balloon rides. We rappel, we do
things that otherwise they would not normally have the courage to do to
overcome maybe their fear about something. So, I would love to gift you a
free copy of this book to learn how to teach these principles and many, many
more to those you care about. I have titled it Entitlement
Abolition: How To Abolish Entitlement Mindset. And how to take your family,
those you care about, whoever your family is. We're all family. From "Me, me, me" to "We,
together we're better" here. Come and join me with this experience and you won't be
so nervous. Get out of your comfort zone. So, you pay $5.95 shipping and
handling. I'll buy the book and send it to you for free.
Go to entitlementabolitionbook.com.
I'll send one out to you. And here's to your brighter future
as you seize the opportunities that help you grow so the magic happens
for you.