Dreaming of a big career or business leap in 2024 ?- Train your mind to break the "Comfort Zone"

When I turned 40, I woke up one day feeling deeply restless.

I couldn’t work out exactly what was wrong. 

I was broadly happy with my career & job thus far (a well-respected, high paying expat general management job), but deep inside I had a feeling that I was being called somewhere else. 

Somewhere, a part of me was ready to build something new, something entirely of my own (my own business where I do something that’s deeply fulfilling, in line with my Inner Purpose or "Why" ).

I couldn’t figure it out exactly then …

A part of me in fact even felt guilty for not being content with the life I created. 

But somewhere deep inside, the inner wisdom said that I needed to create the space to achieve something bigger & more worthwhile…

I wanted to make a real and lasting impact in people's lives. 

And slowly I realised there’s something worse than being unhappy: 😏 Feeling unfulfilled.

Is this something you have felt anytime in your life or career?

If you have, you know how this feeling eats away at you. 

At your relationships, your job, your health & peace of mind… Even your ability to relax and enjoy a glass of wine on a Saturday evening.

I certainly did not want to continue living an unfulfilled life.

 This is when I decided to make the big pivot, I broke out of my comfort zone - spent a few gruelling years training to be a Certified Executive Coach & Positive Intelligence Coach and then established my Consulting & Coaching business.

Building my own Positive Intelligence has helped me find the inner compass that helped me navigate through the tremendous turmoil that me and my family went through over the past few years.

 As a small-business entrepreneur, starting 3 businesses in the past 5 years came with its own set of stressors. And then in 2022,  we had to live through the war in Ukraine (where I lived in 2022 with my Ukrainian family before I moved to the UK).

If I have been able to stay calm, clear, focused & positive, while repeatedly challenging my comfort zone to make forward progress, during this period, I can definitely attribute this to my Positive Intelligence.

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Nearly every single entrepreneur or aspiring entrepreneur, has experienced the same feelings, self-doubts, fears & stresses that I have experienced, at some point or the other. 

Leaning on Neuroscience really helps us in decoding and conquering fear.

From the Neuroscience perspective, we know that fear is a part of the natural human survival instinct. It emerges from parts of the brain that are tasked with our survival (The "Survival Brain"). Fear is very much a primal emotion and something that all of us experience when we try to do something new, big or different. For our brain, this means venturing into uncertain waters and that is perceived (by our brain which is wired from the evolutionary standpoint to prioritise for survival & certainty) as a threat.

With this understanding, it helps to reframe the feeling of "fear" as an alert mechanism to help us take action.

The feeling of having a wanting to take a big leap forward but at the same time feeling terrified to “breakout” of the comfort zone or feeling anxious of the risks involved,  can be pretty unnerving - I know how that feels. These feelings and emotions are also a manifestation of the same survival instinct described above.

I have supported hundreds of clients (Aspiring entrepreneurs, executives & small business/startupfounders or owners) with Positive Intelligence over the past few years and one thing becomes absolutely clear time and time again - without a change in mindset and without training the mind to decode and manage fear, your business is not going to take off (irrespective of how good your strategy may be)

With Positive Intelligence as the guiding light, you can train your brain to get unstuck & conquer fear and self-doubt to take bold, decisive action.

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If you dream of a big change or a big leap in 2024, but find that the same old fears, stress & self-doubt blocking your way to bold, decisive action, hit the calendar link below & book a discovery call with me where we can talk in an informal setup on how Positive Intelligence can help you achieve your goals.

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