Are You Challenging Yourself? Make Yourself Uncomfortable

Build­ing a busi­ness has just as much to do with devel­op­ing your­self. As your busi­ness grows, so do you. You change and adapt to your new lifestyle. And you develop your­self to accom­mo­date for your posi­tion as an expert and leader in your niche.

I think it’s essen­tial to be flex­i­ble and learn to grow with your busi­ness. And more impor­tantly to chal­lenge your­self to grow. Every­one is a lit­tle bit dif­fer­ent, and some are bet­ter at cer­tain things than others.

For exam­ple I’m not very good at mak­ing videos. I still have to learn to be a lit­tle more lively and speak up in front of the cam­era. Does that mean I’m never going to do videos? No. In fact I have a goal set to make some video series at some point or another. I’m going to learn to be more lively and how to speak up. I will chal­lenge myself to learn how to make good videos. And in the process will help me grow as a person.

This is just a small exam­ple. But the point is if your not push­ing your bound­aries and doing things that aren’t that com­fort­able to you, you won’t ever develop your­self. Learn­ing new things, and chal­leng­ing your­self to learn how to do them well, will make you a much more rounded person.

–You will add another skill that you can use.

–You will learn how to be more flex­i­ble for any­thing else you are uncom­fort­able with

–You can use this new skill to help others.

–You will cre­ate con­fi­dence in yourself.

–You will cre­ate cred­i­bil­ity with oth­ers as well an being a good example.

Chal­leng­ing your­self can include a lot of things. Are you not very good at talk­ing on the phone? Does the idea of email­ing strangers bother you? Are you afraid of quit­ting your day job? Do you not like the idea of sell­ing your prod­ucts? I could go on all day.

Doesn’t mat­ter if it’s some­thing small or some­thing that’s big and intim­i­dat­ing, it’s just impor­tant to learn how to push your own bound­aries. Over­come your fear and objec­tions and learn more skills. The more you learn the more valu­able you are to oth­ers. If your not uncom­fort­able doing cer­tain things for your busi­ness, then both you and your busi­ness will have a hard time growing.

Push your lim­its and become the great mar­keter and leader you know you should be. Raise your­self above all others.

~Chris

What are some things that you are not entirely com­fort­able doing, but you know would help you and your busi­ness grow?

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