Weigh the risks by asking, “What are the benefits and costs of taking this risk?” before stepping out of your comfort zone.

Outside comfort zone

When you want to take a risk outside of your comfort zone, ask, what are the benefits of taking this risk and what are the costs of taking this risk?

Emotions rise like waves. Instead of resisting, ride them. This practice trains you to observe without being overwhelmed.

Ride the Wave

Think of your emotion like a wave.
It rises. It peaks. Then it falls.
Close your eyes.
Name the feeling.
Say to yourself, this is just a wave.
Breathe.
Let it pass.

When anxious about something happening, ask yourself, “If that happens, then what?” Keep asking until you find an aspect you can control and act on.

Closer to a solution

When you are feeling anxious that something will happen, ask yourself, if that happened, then what? Continue to ask that question until you get to something you can't control. Find one thing on the train of fears and think of one simple action step that brings you closer to a solution.

Flexible thinking means being able to come up with many different ways to solve a problem, often by broadening your perspective.

Outside comfort zone

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