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The Discomfort zone - The comfort zone - Success blocker no1 for women PART 4
Comfort is all about staying safe. It is all about things being predictable and life without demands. Comfort can be a very good thing – unless you want to grow and succeed in life. Comfort keeps us where we are, giving us no reason to challenge ourselves, learn new things, or discover what we're capable of doing.
Imagine what your life would be like if you could teach yourself to enjoy a little Discomfort now and again.
Getting out of the comfort zone requires self-leadership. I can support you with my 1:1 coaching or my group coaching program. GLOW UP!
7 Signs you are in the comfort zone - The comfort zone - success blocker no1 for women part 3
There is a danger to Comfort Zones we all know this. How can you tell when you’ve gone too far? These are the 7 signs you are in the comfort zone:
Life Feels Boring or Even Stagnant, You’re Not Applying What You’ve Learned, You’re Dreaming but Not Doing, You’ve Been on Break a Really Long Time, You’ve Lost Your Flexibility, You’re Being Held Back.
Now consider this: if you stay too long in one comfort zone, you’ll never discover another. What if you’re missing out on a better comfort zone by not striving through to the next level? Imagine where you could be next!
Imagine what your life would be like if you could teach yourself to enjoy a little Discomfort now and again.
Getting out of the comfort zone requires self-leadership. I can support you with my 1:1 coaching or my group coaching program. GLOW UP!
7+1 Reasons Why Do We Like Comfort Zones So Much - The comfort zone - success blocker no1 for women part 2
Comfort Zones aren’t bad things. In fact, there’s quite a lot to recommend them. Consider these benefits of the Comfort Zone:
You Know What’s Expected, You Have Time to Learn New Things, Comfort Zones Give Room for Daydreams, You Give Your Body a Break, You Have Time for a Social Life, You Regain a Measure of Control, Everything Seems Easier and You keep the balance
In short, with a clear understanding of expectations, no real challenges, and nothing to upset what you’re doing, your daily life is stripped down to one of simplicity. There are no complications where there’s no change.
As you can see, it’s not only desirable to be within your Comfort Zone, it’s absolutely necessary to visit there now and again. We all need space to find ourselves again, to rest and recharge. Without time spent in your Comfort Zone, you will eventually burn out, mentally and physically.
Next week we will dive into why and how The Comfort Zone is holding us back.
WHAT IS THE COMFORT ZONE? - success blocker no1 for women - part 1
We gravitate naturally towards being comfortable. Even dream jobs are best if they aren’t too demanding but offer just enough intellectual stimulation. You feel adequately challenged and well-satisfied at the end of each day.
Comfort is all about staying safe.
In this blog series I will take you into the world of possibility. You’ll find out about comfort zones, why everyone loves them and how they hold you back. I’ll talk about discomfort and the science behind making yourself uncomfortable, and how discomfort can be used to propel yourself toward your goals.
Finally, you’re going to learn a six-step system for making yourself comfortable with discomfort and even using it to springboard yourself into the life you’ve always dreamed of having.
KEY BEHAVIORS THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK FROM CAREER SUCCESS – part 4 – PROCRASTINATION, NOT WORKING SMART and COMFORT ZONE FOCUS
We all want to be more successful - in one way or another. There is a problem, though. There is often a lot working against us and our success. We might have had a chance at a big promotion, but there were too many other good candidates. Sure, we could switch careers, but there is never the right time. Sometimes it feels like everyone and everything is conspiring to steal your success! To top it off, we haven’t even mentioned everyone’s biggest impediment to success:
themselves. It’s true. We are often the authors of our own demise. We engage in behaviors and habits that hold us back from true success. That is why I wrote this blog series I will examine eight key behaviors that typically hold people back from success and offer some ideas on how to address the challenges.
In part 1 I did define what I mean by success and what the first success blocker is: seeking approval. In part 2 I was looking into two other success blockers: too perfect and lack of focus. In part 3 I was talking about Spending your time with the wrong people and Fearing Failure. In the final part, part 4, I focus on Procrastination, Not Working Smart And Comfort Zone Focus.
KEY BEHAVIORS THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK FROM CAREER SUCCESS – part 3 – YOUR INNER CIRCLE AND FEARING FAILURE
We all want to be more successful - in one way or another. There is a problem, though. There is often a lot working against us and our success. We might have had a chance at a big promotion, but there were too many other good candidates. Sure, we could switch careers, but there is never the right time. Sometimes it feels like everyone and everything is conspiring to steal your success! To top it off, we haven’t even mentioned everyone’s biggest impediment to success:
themselves. It’s true. We are often the authors of our own demise. We engage in behaviors and habits that hold us back from true success. That is why I wrote this blog series I will examine eight key behaviors that typically hold people back from success and offer some ideas on how to address the challenges.
In part one I did define what I mean by success and what the first success blocker is: seeking approval. In part two I was looking into two other success blockers: too perfect and lack of focus. Let´s now continue to look into other behaviours that hold women back. Spending Your Time With The Wrong People and Fearing
KEY BEHAVIORS THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK FROM CAREER SUCCESS – part 2 – too perfect and not enough focus
We all want to be more successful - in one way or another. There is a problem, though. There is often a lot working against us and our success. We might have had a chance at a big promotion, but there were too many other good candidates. Sure, we could switch careers, but there is never the right time. Sometimes it feels like everyone and everything is conspiring to steal your success! To top it off, we haven’t even mentioned everyone’s biggest impediment to success:
themselves. It’s true. We are often the authors of our own demise. We engage in behaviors and habits that hold us back from true success. That is why I wrote this blog series I will examine eight key behaviors that typically hold people back from success and offer some ideas on how to address the challenges.
KEY BEHAVIORS THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK FROM CAREER SUCCESS – part 1 – seeking approval
We all want to be more successful - in one way or another. There is a problem, though. There is often a lot working against us and our success. We might have had a chance at a big promotion, but there were too many other good candidates. Sure, we could switch careers, but there is never the right time. Sometimes it feels like everyone and everything is conspiring to steal your success! To top it off, we haven’t even mentioned everyone’s biggest impediment to success:
themselves. It’s true. We are often the authors of our own demise. We engage in behaviors and habits that hold us back from true success. That is why I wrote this blog series I will examine eight key behaviors that typically hold people back from success and offer some ideas on how to address the challenges.
My career and life secret: Manage attention
With this blog I continue sharing my personal secrets to owning your career and how to strive for career contentment. This blog is about attention management. We live in a world where our attention is challenged on multiple layers. Before I dive into the topic on how to manage your attention let´s define what attention management is. After this, I establish a practice of behaviors that will allow you to accomplish this goal. The first topic is how to boost your focus. Secondly increasing your ability to concentrate is another skill necessary when it comes to managing your attention, let´s look at ways to do this. The third pillar is being more mindful. Being more mindful helps you focus on the areas where you spend most of your time and energy and make changes if needed. Last but not least by creating ways to increase your productivity, you can get into the flow of what you need to do daily. Getting in the flow requires you to be focused and mindful of the task at hand. In conclusion, in today's busy world full of distractions, it is easy to lose yourself and the ability to pay attention to what is important to you. As a career and leadership coach, I can support you on your way to increasing self-leadership to managing your attention.
My career and life secret: Never stop learning
With this blog I start sharing my personal secrets to own your career. The first secret is: Never stop learning! I call this series GLOW UP! Throughout my career I have been learning new skills and exploring new areas, some of them I could directly use in my d2d work and other skills helped me to become the person I am now. Let me share with you why I think Lifelong Learning Leads to Success, and why some of us stop learning, I´ll share with you 3 ways to become a lifelong learner and at the end I’ll share with you some of the major learnings I had.
Effective Leadership Begins with You – 4 areas to focus on
To be an effective leader, you must first be a leader of yourself. Belief in yourself is a tremendous asset to leadership. Your words and your actions can lead others to great heights – but only if you believe that you, too, have powers that are strong and which you strive to develop. To be an example for effective leadership and to make others want to follow, you must develop the following qualities of leadership within yourself: Stand for something – Be an example for others – Be a mentor – Always be on a path of self-discovery.
All leaders must take a journey within and discover their values and why those are their values. You can’t become a leader from a place of weakness. Internal guidance is necessary to navigate through the obstacles in life and bring you to ultimate success.
If you need support to identify your inner compass (your values), Setting up a fruitful mentoring relationship or want to deep dive into your self further as part of your leadership role my coaching will support you to achieve your targets faster.
MAINTAIN FOCUS UNDER PRESSURE
I am deeply convinced that, especially when the world is in shock and fear, it is enormously important to start good practice with ourselves. Because peace always begins with ourselves. With the attitude with which we start each day.
We all face pressure at different points of life. It may manifest as tight deadlines, creating a sales presentation for a new client, or a demanding boss at work. Homelife also brings pressure in different forms, such as meeting your family’s needs, handling a special needs child, or caring for a sick loved one. This blog includes nine powerful tips and three actionable steps you can take right away.
If you need support go re-find your focus my 1:1 coaching might be the first step to get started.
13 benefits and 8 barriers to successful delegation_ Delegation part 1
The ability to delegate tasks is a very important skill for a manager to have. However, delegating is not always easy and, if the delegation process is not carried out effectively, it can cause more harm than good to the team’s morale.
Delegation plays an important role in 3 critical areas: Efficiency, Development and Flexibility.
The article explains 13 Benefits of Delegating looking at the ecosystem and identifies 8 Barriers to Delegation.
Getting over these human barriers requires some emotional intelligence and personal development. It requires taking a good look at ourselves and evaluating how we are doing.
How to delegate is part of my 90-day program MOVE UP! the first 90 days for leaders (first-time leaders and when changing roles). This program is as well beneficial when you want to prepare yourself for your next leadership transition.
If you don't prioritize, someone else will 9 TIPS TO SET BOUNDARIES AT WORK
With technology, flexible work, and ever-changing workplaces, setting healthy boundaries at work is more difficult than ever before.
Setting boundaries at work allows you to navigate your workplace, avoid potential toxic environments, and create a clear path for you to do your best work without being taken advantage of or burning out. No two people have the exact same work style.
It’s important to keep that in mind and to set your own boundaries. This blog offers 9 tips to set boundaries at work, encourages you to stop feeling guilty about setting boundaries.
At the end Katharina shares 4 more reasons why you should prioritize yourself.
The 25 most inspiring books for female careers and women in leadership
Career inspiration comes in different forms. Here I am sharing my selection of the best reads for first-time managers, seasoned leaders, or even management hopefuls. Learn from the best leaders and advance in your career. The links are leading to one big source, however, please visit your local bookshop.
The books are my personal recommendation only, this is not paid advertisement and no affiliate links.
7 tips on how to approach a new leadership role
The actions you take during your first few months in a new role will largely determine whether you succeed or fail. Therefore, you need to plan and prepare yourself. Ideally, you begin to define your learning agenda before you formally enter the organization. If you fail to plan you plan to fail. In my blog article I offer 7 tips on how to approach a new leadership role and build in the first 90days into the new role a solid foundation for lasting success.
The importance of effective feedback - part 2 - barriers and benefits
In my blog article the importance of effective feedback part 1
I did focus on describing what Effective Feedback is. Feedback is not a simple matter, both to give and to take feedback. It can sometimes be painful, embarrassing, defensive or create new difficulties. And this is why people shy away. In this blog I focus on barriers to Effective Feedback and
The Benefits of Feedback in the Workplace. Hand on heart: When was the last time you asked colleagues or your manager for feedback? Has it been a while? Then you are like many other employees. Yet most people are well aware of the importance of feedback: Without feedback, there is no targeted development.
The importance of effective feedback - part 1
Feedback is a conversational way of telling others how you see them or learning how others see you. Feedback, therefore, consists of two components, namely giving feedback and receiving feedback.
This article looks at the three objectives to give feedback. Deep dives into the questions: What Is Effective Feedback?
Effective feedback has the desired effect, that is, the outcome that we want (for example, a behavior change). At the same time, it is given in such a way as to maintain the respect and dignity of all the parties involved. Katharina offers 3 approaches Balancing Positive and Constructive Feedback. At the end we need to understand that giving effective feedback is a powerful management tool. Giving & Receiving Feedback in the Workplace is part of her course SPEAK UP!
11 Signs when it is time to reconsider or even quit your job
Deciding to reconsider or even quit a job is a significant moment in your professional career. While it’s normal to have challenges at work, feeling a deep and lasting dissatisfaction towards your job is worth exploring. It's important to recognize the difference between when you should work through a challenge and when it's time to reconsider or even leave a position.
There are many valid personal and professional reasons to reconsider or even leave a job. In this article, I’ll walk through eleven powerful signs it may be time to reconsider and three actionable steps you can take right away to explore the situation.
If you now get the feeling that quitting your job is the best decision for you do one extra step. Think about TAKE IT – CHANGE IT or LEAVE IT.
You are the pilot of your life. Take your time.
7 Tips to improve communication with your Boss – starting today
Good communication allows to manage many situations in life smoothly. Getting the message through to your boss isn’t always easy. For one thing, there’s an imbalance of power there that can make it difficult to be candid. For another, it’s often hard to get the timing right — you’re busy and so are they. Thankfully, there are some things you can do to improve your communication with your boss, no matter what kinds of challenges you face. But great relationships are based on having great communication, so what is the best way to improve your communication with your boss? Try these 7 effective ways. The goal of this framework is to optimize outcomes and ultimately to save time, not only for yourself but also your boss. This topic is part of my course SPEAK UP! The masterclass for women in body language and communication.