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Why Vulnerability Is So Important
Mindfulness practices
- Mindfulness meditation: just set a timer for five minutes to sit and breathe.
- Reminders: set reminders to focus on different activities: to take breaks, to refocus on work, etc.
- Journaling: use it to get your thoughts out of your head and on paper, where you can sort them out.
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Vulnerability and confirmation bias
Vulnerability challenges your confirmation bias.
It is uncomfortable to ask questions, express your opinion, or open up about your emotions with people. You expose yourself to their criticism and judgment, but you also expose yourself to answers and opposing views. And this is a lot more beneficial than stagnating in the comfort of what you already know.
Breaking out of your comfort zone
Breaking out of your comfort zone makes you feel vulnerable, but that feeling works in your favor because it improves your performance and boosts your growth. A constant state of comfort equals steady performance.
Too much anxiety, however, will make you too stressed to be productive.
Set realistic goals to hedge your anxiety
In most cases, once you do something scary, you realize it’s not as bad as you thought—it was just the anticipation that frightened you more than anything.
Setting a goal can help you get past that anticipation and feel in control of your vulnerability.
Partner up with a friend
You can encourage yourself to do more vulnerable things by finding a friend who embraces discomfort.
Maybe it’s a networking thing, or karaoke, or surf lessons. Whatever the activity, having a friend by your side makes an uncomfortable thing a little less anxiety-inducing so you can get the most out of it.
Mindfulness practices
- Mindfulness meditation: just set a timer for five minutes to sit and breathe.
- Reminders: set reminders to focus on different activities: to take breaks, to refocus on work, etc.
- Journaling: use it to get your thoughts out of your head and on paper, where you can sort them out.
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Optimal Anxiety
A state of relative comfort created a steady level of performance. In order to maximize performance, a state of relative anxiety is needed—a space where our stress levels are slightly higher than normal. This space is called "Optimal Anxiety," and it's just outside our comfort zone.
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Making Sense Of Your Comfort Zone
- Your comfort zone is neither a good or bad thing. It's a natural state that most people trend towards.
- Leaving it means increased risk and anxiety, which can have positive and negative results.
- Don't demonize your comfort zone as something holding you back. We all need that head-space where we're least anxious and stressed so we can process the benefits we get when we leave it.
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Vulnerability increases resilience
Without genuine vulnerability, it’s impossible to build the types of relationships that can provide comfort and help us through life's hard times.
The risk of vulnerability may be high, but the rewards of positive, healthy relationships are even higher.
Vulnerability is a part of life
We are vulnerable to viruses and accidents, misunderstandings and pain caused by our fears.
Meaningful social connections sustain us and lessen our overall weakness. When we are able to admit to our vulnerabilities, we free up energy because we no longer have to put effort into maintaining our buffers.
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What Vulnerability Really Is
Vulnerability is consciously choosing to freely express your thoughts, feelings, desires, and opinions regardless of what others might think of you.
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Accept who you are
When someone admits they are bad at something, they will probably be more respected.
Accept who you are, faults and all.
Taking responsibility
When you take responsibility for your problems, you're in control of the solution. When you blame others, you’re handing over control to someone else. And you cannot control them.
Taking up responsibility shows that you accept reality for what it is and set out to work with what you have.
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