Wouldn’t it be nice if we could be experts right away – without all the flopping and floundering and failing?
Or would it?
Last week, I gave my very first webinar. It required stepping WAY out of my comfort zone.
Let’s just pretend that my comfort zone “boundary” is the state of Colorado. Well, giving a webinar (WITH my oh so experienced and brilliant mentor) required me to venture past the Colorado state line and travel to – oh, I don’t know – Mongolia.
I’m not exaggerating. Okay, maybe a teeny bit, but…
…as a child, my shyness and social anxiety were so severe that my first grade teacher recommended I see a therapist. I’ve come a pretty long way since then.
But here’s the deal. I was willing to fail, to suck at it, to make mistakes – because it’s the ONLY way to improve and get better.
Growth isn’t easy. We have to be willing to experience some discomfort. There is no short cut. We can’t go around. We have to go through.
The good news – knowledge and confidence and success are on the other side of that temporary discomfort.
I say this to my clients all the time.
On Tuesday, I gave my second webinar. And it was so much better.
And one day, when I’m a webinar rock star – I’ll be so glad that I was willing to suck at it.
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To listen to my second webinar on weight coaching, click here. And if you REALLY want to hear the first one – – – oh hell no, it’s been locked away in a vault – in Mongolia.
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Robyn Spurr is a Certified Weight Loss Coach, Certified Personal Trainer and founder of Chickadee Weight Loss. She helps women reach their healthy, natural weight and stay there without all the diet craziness. For more information on Weight Coaching, click here.