stepping outside your comfort zone is scary um and commonly we don't really want to do it so we kind of hesitate right honestly getting into my role now which i don't typically talk about my videos um as a vistage chair i lead peer groups for ceos um one of my responsibilities is to reach out to strangers to find the right people for the groups um so recruiting talent because peer groups are only as good as the people that are in them and i come from the i am not a networker i'm not a salesperson i don't cold call like all those things were scary to me and really far outside my comfort zone just cold outreach in general potentially impeding on somebody's life and uh so you know but it was a part of my responsibilities and i had to figure out how to start to do it in a way that was genuine to me but what i realized in the process is that i get to connect with people i'm not just impeding on their lives i'm having an opportunity to genuinely have real connection with other individuals to learn about them who they are what drives them what motivates them you know where they want to see their careers go their lives their personal lives and through learning about them i can find ways to help them whether they're fit for my group or not really isn't the point but i have this opportunity to potentially connect them with somebody or to provide resources or insight i have an opportunity to learn from them to learn cool new things i never knew about i meet individuals who do things that i just didn't even know somebody did for a living and by the way that is so much fun to get in those conversations um but the point really isn't about those conversations in this particular topic in and of itself but by getting out of my comfort zone i found an unexpected joy in my reality something that i absolutely love to do that i never would have realized or thought to even try or that i'd love to do but by pushing myself and changing my mindset about it i now really really enjoy and love talking to new people that i've never met before something that was scary to me in the past is now something that is a complete unexpected joy in my life so why am i sharing this with you this morning because everybody has unexpected joys from things where they got pushed or stepped outside their comfort zone and i'd love to hear your stories what is something you've done outside your comfort zone that is now an unexpected joy in your reality um let's get a train of these going in the comments because the reality is the more people see that when you step outside your comfort zone it leads to good things the more it's going to incentivize people to step outside their comfort zones let's inspire each other in the comments today hope you're having a great day