Choose your Takeaway Mindset-Cycle

*in longterm with habitual practice.

When we collect more experience with our age, some realise that changing our view, values, habits etc. wasn't and won't ever come easy, but g...

Discomfort can be caused by a mixture of emotions like

• Uncertainty - How will someone react to my action?
• Worries - What will someone think about me after taking this action?
• Fear - Will I be rejected, because of taking this action?

All subforms of a...

Anxiety and shame cause a stress response in our bodies. The extent and that's why also the consequences of this stress response depends on our perception.

• An extrovert might not perceive the earlier mentioned example-situations as stress
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When you learn and understand yourself better, you are more considerate and compassionate with yourself.

It will be easier for you to find more reasons to act than not to act on your discomfort, because when you repeatly make the decision to overcome it, it...

Mastery doesn't come overnight. Mastery takes time.

A basic principle is – The more time you spend on something, the more competence you grow in that area.

Documenting the situations, where you overcame your discomfort with grattitude...

Do one thing everyday, that scares you. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Do you know Mel Robbins' "5 second rule"?

If not, the key is to distract your brain from your discomforting emotions, with her advice by counting from 5 to 1 and then act.

It works for some people, because logic (counting backwards) activates...

Children feel less discomfort of taking action, because in their early life stage they are less capable of thinking about the possible scary or emberassing consequences of their actions (less anxiety & shame). Their few life experiences make them less able to anticipate. Instead they focu...

The quote does at least three things to help you being more in the present moment

1. Distracting you from discomfort
2. Creating a potential habit of dealing with discomfort
3. Additionaly creates self-awareness...

Being aware of your own perception can help to identify your own emotions better. When you ask yourself in response of the quote – Why am I scared?

You rationalise your emotions and question them to be appropriate or not. Your

means - change to become better.

If you decide to do one thing a day that scares you, better start small.

Small steps of change bring compound success in longterm without being overwhelmed quickly, because your brain gets the

What situations come into your mind when you think about discomfort?

• You would like to contact someone, but don't because you haven't for a long time.
• You would like to share your constructive criticism at work, but don't want to feel rejected.
• Or you would like to be a...

What works for my zone control doesn't have to work for you. We all come in diversity. Remember this before you comment. I just share my personal experiences and don't guarantee anything. With that in mind

Thank you for your understanding and your attention...

The quote in this article changed the way I perceive and act on my zone of discomfort. Today, discomfort is my emotional indicator for where I still have or want to grow. But I try to avoid becoming an self-optimisation addict (other form of stress compensation)....