Introduction

     To start off in my introductory posting, I'll go over some of my goals with this site and what it's all about.  I basically want to encourage my friends, family, and readers to go out there and take action.  Unlike the other blogs out there, I want to give you a little more than a few encouraging words.  I want to stay interactive with my readers and peers.  I don't want you to "feel" motivated, I want you to BE motivated and take action.  Often times people will read or hear something and get all excited and hyped about it, but a few days or a week later, they'll have either completely forgot about the idea or put it at the bottom of "things I should eventually do" list.  Now we're all guilty of this, of course.  Why?  We know what we have to do is important, but what's stopping us?

For one, we don't know where to start.  Another important reason is fear.  We don't know what to expect and are afraid of the unknown, afraid of feeling uncomfortable.  The last, but certainly not least is that while it is important to us and we want to do it, it really isn't urgent.  To break old habits, form new ones and really understand ourselves, we need to move out of our comfort zone.  I will be putting up some comfort challenges for all my readers every week to help you get over fear, step out of your comfort zone, reduce procrastination, and to encourage action and rational thinking.  There is no deadline or anything, but try to at least complete each challenge within a week.  You can always skip or come back to, or post your experience with a challenge later, I don't like setting any "rules" so you're on your own here.  Explore yourself, your life, and have fun!!

 

     One of my favorite quotes comes from "The 4-Hour Work Week" - by Timothy Ferriss.  I highly recommend the book to anyone that hasn't already read it.

"A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have."  - Timothy Ferriss

    The idea of comfort challenges isn't new.  Tim has a few in his book which I found very exciting and encouraged me to look into and further pursue beyond the book.

 For my debut challenge, I'll start with something simple and amusing.

THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE:  Start a conversation with a random stranger and try to make them laugh. 

Comment at the end of the week to this entry and share how it went with you!