The Discomfort Zone: How Taking Risks Can Lead To A Fulfilling Career

Career change can be uncomfortable. You’ll likely have to break out of your comfort zone to progress down a new path that may be full of unknowns 👻

Feeling safe and at ease is great and all, but think about it, what goals have you ever achieved by staying in your comfort zone? We’re willing to bet on not many at all.

Stephanie had an aversion to risk, and was "comfortably unhappy" in her marketing career until she reached burnout and decided she needed to make a change.

Now if we fast forward to what happened at the end of her change, she ended up receiving multiple offers and negotiated with those companies (talk about getting out of her comfort zone) and almost doubled her salary!

Hear how she shifted her mindset to allow herself to go after what she never thought was possible!

What you’ll learn

• How to take small steps to ease your way out of your comfort zones
• How to use the “5 Whys” exercise as a career change breakthrough
• How figuring out what you want gives you more confidence in nerve-racking situations

 

Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit  happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here!

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Free Resources

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Related Episodes

1. Changing Careers (When You Don’t Know Your Next Job Title) (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)
2. How to Figure Out What You Really Want (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)