| Everything you want and don't currently have is just | | | | several other key components of individual behavior |
| outside your comfort zone. Your comfort zone is | | | | and organizational culture. Awareness of these |
| made up by beliefs, values, and habits. It also includes | | | | concepts and issues is an important early aspect for |
| your current ability to respond to the results of you | | | | creating great ventures. |
| are getting and the dynamics of your circumstances | | | | You need to be aware of your current beliefs, |
| or environments. | | | | values, and habits and how they might limit your |
| If you just maintain that comfort zone you will | | | | ability to create a great venture. You should also be |
| continue to get the same results. In order to get the | | | | aware of the other options available to you for |
| things you want and don't currently have, you must | | | | beliefs, values, habits, and behaviors that will build the |
| proactively expand your comfort zone. After all, | | | | health culture necessary for a great venture. |
| doing the same thing over and over again and | | | | "If you're in a comfort zone, afraid to venture out, |
| expecting different results in one definition of insanity! | | | | Remember that all winners were at one time filled |
| "If you remain in your comfort zone you will not go | | | | with doubt." |
| any further." | | | | - Unknown |
| - Catherine Pulsifer | | | | However, to create a great venture (the noun), you |
| So, your comfort zone is your self-created limitations | | | | must proactively venture (the verb) forward outside |
| for yourself and your ventures. If you want to have | | | | your current comfort zone to make it happen. In |
| a great venture, you must unlock or unfreeze your | | | | other words, you must be willing to dare to go |
| boundaries for performance. You must use your | | | | forward or take the risk to go forward outside your |
| current strengths, build on them, and step outside | | | | current comfort zone in order to build create a great |
| your comfort zone in applying them. | | | | venture. Awareness and knowledge are not enough. |
| My wife attended an Unfreezing Retreat this past | | | | You must have a proactive plan to venture forward! |
| year as part of the culture changing efforts in the | | | | If you will truly embrace unfreezing your current |
| organization at which she works. Most, if not all, | | | | beliefs, values, and habits and intentionally venture |
| employees at this very large organization (30,000 to | | | | forward on a new path, a great venture is possible. |
| 40,000 employees) will be attending this retreat over | | | | If you ignore this key commitment, great frustration |
| a multi-year period. This retreat helps the participants | | | | and great failure will inevitably follow. |
| look at their behavioral comfort zones and how they | | | | "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of |
| are impacting the culture of the organization. It also | | | | preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." |
| provides new options for behavior and interaction | | | | - Colin Powell |
| that lead to a healthy culture. | | | | Frustration and failure are part of the any great |
| Life loses its meaning when we get stuck up in | | | | journey. The right mental commitment to venture |
| comfort zone. | | | | forward will allow you to respond to these |
| - M.K. Soni | | | | frustrations and failures in ways that will lead to great |
| This Senn-Delaney Workshop addresses values, the | | | | success! |
| mood elevator, the human operating system and | | | | © Copyright 2010 Jon L. Iveson, Ph.D. |