Got Out Of My Comfort Zone On The Ski Slopes

I often talk about expanding or getting out of your comfort zone during my motivational talks. I do practise what I preach and I will share a recent example. I've been trying to get from a Level 1 certified ski instructor to a Level 2 for many years. In doing so, I had to ski in ways that were not within my usual comfort zone in skiing. This included skiing on steep double black diamond slopes as well as doing short radius turns.

So I made a commitment to train twice per week this winter and get out of my comfort zone by doing a lot of short radius turns on all sorts of terrain including steep double black diamond hills. I was not successful in passing my Level 2 course last winter but with committed regular training this winter, I was successful in passing the retest.

Looking back now as a new Level 2 instructor, I knew that I had to constantly expand my comfort zone on the ski slopes so that I became comfortable with short radius turns and steep slopes. This is true with any goals you want to achieve whether they be in public speaking or anything else. You have to get up there in front of the audience and do more each club meeting. So with that in mind, check out my general article on expanding your comfort zone.

Expand Your Comfort Zone To Be A Better Speaker

The main theme for my standard motivational speech that I've been bringing around to other Toastmasters clubs is expanding one's comfort zone. Although I have never done that speech at our own Comfortably Speaking Toastmasters club, I will perform an entire keynote that includes the content from that speech in the future. Getting to become a better speaker is really a matter of expanding your comfort zone and that is what one of my new articles is all about. You can do a quick read on it at Expand Your Comfort Zone.