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Beware of Goal Busters

July 7, 2010 By Michelle Shaeffer 6 Comments

Note from Michelle: I decided to share a great article today from one of the most action-oriented women I know. When this lady talks about goals and action, it’s from experience, and there’s lots to learn!

Do you have lofty goals? Then you should be aware of the goal busters that surround you.

Goal busters can be anything from a deceptively friendly acquaintance (who really doesn’t want you to succeed) to even an inanimate object. Consider a few examples of persons, places and things that seem to carry negative energy-which is lethal to a person trying to make a change in life!

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Filed Under: Goals, Guest Brilliance, Mindset Tagged With: Goals, Mindset, support

Just Stick Your Toe Outside Your Comfort Zone

June 3, 2010 By Michelle Shaeffer 3 Comments

“Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone.” ~Robert Allen

The comfort zone is a behavioural state within which a person operates in an anxiety-neutral condition, using a limited set of behaviours to deliver a steady level of performance, usually without a sense of risk.
- Alasdair A. K. White “From Comfort Zone to Performance Management”

Is your comfort zone keeping you from going after an opportunity, helping more people with your products/services or finding success in a bigger way?

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Filed Under: Challenges, Mindset Tagged With: Challenges, comfort zone, Mindset