Principle #7 Release the Brakes

“Everything you want is just outside of your comfort zone.” What does this mean? “Everything you want is just outside of your comfort zone.” -Robert Allen Multimillionaire, author, and motivational speaker

What is a Comfort Zone? A comfort zone is that place where we feel safe and secure – a place where we can avoid worry, fear, or failure.

Where’s the Edge of My Comfort Zone? When you feel fear, uneasiness, or butterflies in your stomach, you are on the edge of your comfort zone

Quick - Write In your notes, list five things that you would do if you knew you could not fail. If I knew I could not fail, I would: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Don’t Be a Tethered Elephant When still a baby, the elephant is tethered by a very thick rope to a stake firmly hammered into the ground. The elephant tries several times to get free, but it lacks the strength to do so. After a year, the stake and the rope are still strong enough to keep a small elephant tethered, although it continues to try, unsuccessfully, to get free. At this point, the animal realizes that the rope will always be too strong and so it gives up. When it reaches adulthood, the elephant can still remember how, for a long time, it had wasted its energies trying to escape captivity. At this stage, the trainer can tether the elephant with a slender thread tied to a broom handle, and the elephant will make no attempt to escape to freedom.

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone Change the way you talk to yourself - use positive language such as “I can…, I am…, I will…” Visualize your life the way you want it Change your behavior

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone Video Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsPsf7je-hM&playnext=1&list=PL5653778F373232A8&feature=results_main 6 minutes 27 seconds

Comfort Zones are Like Ruts “The only difference between a rut and a grave is in their dimensions.” -Ellen Glasglow Comfort Zone

Choose Your Endless Loop Thinking About what we don’t want Talking about what we don’t want Getting what we don’t want Thinking About what we do want Talking about what we do want Getting what we do want “Whatever we think about, we bring about.”

Affirmations Affirmations are statements that describe goals in their completed states Examples: Goal: To be a successful business owner Affirmation: I am a successful business owner. Goal: To be able to vacation in the Bahamas with my family. Affirmation: I am sitting in the Bahamas with my family. Goal: To get good grades. Affirmation: I am a 4.0 student.

Tips for Affirmations Start with the words “I am” Use the present tense State it in the positive Keep it brief Make it specific Include and “-ing” action word Include at least one dynamic emotion or feeling word.

Affirmation Practice Examples: Goal: I want to own a new car by the time I am 21 Affirmation: Goal: To be at the top of my graduating class Affirmation:. Goal: To have a family by the time I am 28 Goal: To be the best player on my team

Silent Reading Read about setting goals on pages 79-88 in the book entitled The Success Principles by Jack Canfield and Kent Healy. Take down one page of Cornell notes.

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