The secret to getting out of your comfort zone

I have read many books so far. Several hundreds of them. But on Monday I started reading the BEST one ever!

Now you are probably wondering what the book is…but I am not going to tell you. YET! (follow my next posts and you will find out)

But what I do want to share with you from the book is how to get out of you comfort zone. FAST!

Short Answer:

DO something outrageous! Something you would normally not even consider doing.

Okey, now just before you start putting this into practice, here are some examples of outrageous behaviour:

(I wouldn’t like you to go and start blowing up buildings or anything like that)

- stare into people’s eyes in public transport (the bigger and more confident they are, the more this will push you out of your confort zone)- and remember, staring is LEGAL!

- go and ask somebody to pay for your lunch. To make sure you follow through, go to lunch with no wallet.  So you really need to ask somebody otherwise you do not eat.

- on the street, ask an atractive looking person of the opposite sex for their telephone number (in case you are married, or bound to get married like I am- go for a less atractive person ;)

- go to a ticket entry place (may it be museum, cinema, gallery, etc) and ask  for a free admission

- and feel free to add :)

Now, just before you go on thinking this is just adolescent play (because that is exactly what I thought as well when i read them), TRY in ON! DO it!

Get out of your confort zone and have fun!

I can almost guarentee that after you do it, you will have a great feeling of achievement, no matter the result. It is the DOING that matters!

Oh, and let me know how it goes!

3 Comments »

  1. Basti Said,

    March 21, 2009 @ 1:18 am

    The eye staring thing is easy here in Asia as most of your “look into the eyes” partners
    will look away after a couple of seconds.
    I like the idea of bringing strangers to laugh or just smiling this is much more difficult, specially on monday mornings in the MRT.

  2. Lynn Said,

    May 15, 2009 @ 6:11 am

    Lemme know if you managed to get free admission to the cinemas in SG. I might just use the tips.

  3. Lynn Said,

    May 15, 2009 @ 6:12 am

    Btw, what is the title of the book?

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