What do you think is one of the most important indicators of great progress on any journey? Have you experienced getting into a new creative venture and remember being really excited for a little while? And then you hit against a wall? Things were going well and you felt comfortable but you had this nagging feeling that you were not making much progress. You may have an ideal of your creative dreams and passions being effortless and painless. And you may seek being comfortable because it reinforces those ideas of effortlessness. Let at look at some ways we get stuck in our comfort zone and how to step into the discomfort zone where the real growth happens.

1. How to Unleash Your
Creative Adventure by
Stepping into the
Discomfort Zone!
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2. “If w!'r! "r#w$%", w!'r!
&'w&() "#$%" *# b! #+* #f
#+r ,#-f#r* z#%!.” ~
R!v. J#.% M/w!''
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3. Do you
feel stuck
in your
comfort
zone?
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4. “I !"v# r#"$%#&; '( ') &*r'+,
(!# ('-#) I "- f"r .*()'&# -/
#$#-#+( (!"( I 0p#r'#+1#
-/)#$f (!# -2(.” ~ C.
J./B#$$ C.
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5. Are you
stretching
into the
DISCOMFORT
ZONE?
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6. Is FEAR making
you rush back
into your COMFORT
ZONE?
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7. The discomfort zone
invokes
excitement
and ALSO confronts us
with our
FEARSPhoto: Rising Damp Via Flickr CC
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8. To live a daring
creative
adventure, we
have to confront
our discomfort
and our fears!
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9. B! "#$!%$&
f#'r (r
%&$(r%$& %),
w# *'$$()
&#) r%" (f %)
(r $'v%&')#
)+#
"%,*(-f(r)
z($#.Photo: Emmanuel Frezzotti Via Flickr CC
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10. “.#r#’, ($/! ($# w'! )( &#)
)+r(0&+ )+# f(& (f f#'r, '$"
)+')’, )( )r'$,f(r- %) %$)( )+#
*/'r%)! (f 1+%/'r')%($.” ~ G'!
H#$"r%*2,, '0)+(r (f .# B%&
L#'p.
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11. TRANSFORM YOUR FEARS BY
CONFRONTING
THE DISCOMFORT ZONE
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12. “F!&r $) 0,$*!-!%*
w$*.#+* *.! br!&*..” ~
F(0$"#r (f G#,)'/) )+#r'p!. Dr.
Fr%3 P#r/,
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13. BREATHE FULLY INTO
THE FEAR....
TRANSFORM IT INTO
EXCITEMENT!
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14. “E-br&,$%" #+r v+'%!r&b$'$*$!) $) r$)1(
b+* %#* %!&r'( &) 2&%"!r#+) &) "$v$%"
+p #% '#v! &%2 b!'#%"$%" &%2 3#(—*.!
0p!r$!%,!) *.&* -&1! +) *.! -4*
v+'%!r&b'!. O%'( w.!% w! &r! br&v!
!%#+". *# 0p'#r! *.! 2&r1%!)) w$'' w!
2$),#v!r *.! $%5%$*! p#w!r #f #+r
'$".*.” ~ Br!%6 Br#w%
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15. Staying with the uncertainty of the
discomfort zone and not having certain
outcomes exposes you to the elements...
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16. Do you shut your
creativity out when you
feel
vulnerable?
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17. ARE YOU AFRAID OF FAILURE
OR CRITICISM?
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18. ARE YOU AFRAID TO BE
VULNERABLE?
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19. B! '//(w%$& !(0r,#/f )( b#
v0/$#r'b/# '$" f'%/%$& f(rw'r",
!(0 )'2# 4r- ,)#p, )(w'r",
$'v%&')%$& )+# "%,*(-f(r) z($#.
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20. Image: Ktpupp via Flickr CC
BECOME FRIENDS WITH
FAILURE...ALLOW IT TO BE A
TEACHER!Sunday, April 28, 13

21. push and pull: creativity pulls you towards your
adventure,
discomfort pushes you away...
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22. R#1.,+%# "+& r#1.+1'$# (!#
.pp2'+, #$#-#+() .f b#'+,
1r#"('v# "+& )("/'+, '+ (!#
&')1.-f.r( z.+#...
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23. GROWTH HAPPENS IN THE
DISCOMFORT ZONE
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24. “A 3#+r%!( #f & *.#+)&%2
-$'!) b!"$%) w$*. & )$%"'!
)*!p.” L&#-7+. V!r)! 64,
8! T&# *! C.$%".
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25. take tiny steps
and
keep moving on
to navigate
the discomfort
zone...
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26. MAKE THE SMALL STEPS AND
THE PROCESS SO EASY THAT IT
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FAIL...
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27. Photo: Kelsey_lovefusionphoto via Flickr CC
ACKNOWLEDGE AND BREATHE INTO FEAR +
SMALL STEPS INTO THE UNKNOWN
DISCOMFORT ZONE + BE VULNERABLE AND
ALLOW FAILURE =
A DARING CREATIVE ADVENTURE!
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28. UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVE
ADVENTURE!
begin now!
((DISCLAIMER: RESULTS MAY VARY. PLEASE TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR
ACTIONS AND RESULTS IF YOU IMPLEMENT IDEAS FROM THIS SLIDESHOW.
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