RealTalkAJ

Let’s discuss the 4 zones of success today! It’s something I’m sure not many know about. We all claim that we’re trying to reach this level, but how can you truly say that if you don’t know what the 4 zones are? You don’t have to get stuck in that thought, rather, all I ask is that you’re open minded and able to be coached. It might not even be this message directly that solves your disconnection problem with success. Let’s move forward though.

The 4 Zones of Success

• Comfort
• Fear
• Learning
• Growth

Comfort Zone: The Illusion of Complacency

The hypocritical myth about being in a comfort zone is that you won’t see success at the highest pinnacle when you continue to operate from such a space. I can recall plenty of training sessions in where the coach who knew more than us would tell us the only way to be successful was to get comfortable outside of it. The dynamics seem to have changed with monitoring the next wave of up and coming talent that proves you can get a little greedy with wanting more for yourself in life. 

The comfort zone can actually be seen as a place of success because: in most situations, the person who’s most comfortable tends to get the best results.

Sports, Professional Careers, Relationships. The list goes on with where we could refer to successful people that would openly admit to being in a comfort zone was the reason they achieved such high levels of success with what it is they do.

Fear Zone: Personally Least Favorite

There’s another zone that operates at the fears we all have. The fear zone could be looked at as a place of success because there’s may that believe correcting your fears makes you successful. And I agree to an extent. Looking to improve your weaker points (in theory) gets you to a point where you’re better overall, depending on what you do, but it’s also flawed. If looking to last for the long haul is the goal, and most successful goals call for a significant amount of improvements or activity, enjoying your time has to be of high importance.

If we all have fears and we enjoy our race known as humans, fears have to embraced. They’re what makes us all different. And if you’re on the optimistic side, unique.

Learning Zone: The Follow The Leader Spot

The learning zone is another spot for success because of the benefit it brings. It should be understood that it’s considered another hub for leadership with how you’re earning messages ideally from mentors most of the time. I call it the ‘follow the leader spot‘ for this exact reason. You’re successful at least to some capacity if you’re within reach of someone that you can respect, admire, and reflect with. Being able to actively get schooled in subjects you care about without any attitudes that’ll hold you back from truly enjoying messages is an underrated luxury.

Growth Zone: The Everybody Wanna Be Place

The Growth Zone is the last zone of success that’s supposed to be mentioned. It could easily be seen as a miscellaneously positive area because it just supports growth. It’s a place everybody wants to be whether they realize it or not.

Take you back to earlier messages that was shared here between growth mindsets and fixed ones. When you’re in the growth zone, you understand that it’s only up from here! There’s opportunity at every turn. You might not be sure what the lesson itself is, but you’re focused on having what would be considered the best response every time. It’s ideally keeping a level of optimism that’s reasonable and earned without feeling crazy through the process. It doesn’t matter what the subject is either. All that you’re sure about is that you get compounding results.

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I’d like to figure out if it’s a reasonable expectation.

What are the limitations of spreading yourself around?

And when is it best to burn the boats and give up on what your initial plans were.

Most of my life I was taught that the man who chases 2 rabbits catches neither.

But I also got a clash of beliefs tested with seeing the success of athletes who are able to juggle success in 2 separate sports.

The clues prove to pan out with trading groups I’ve been part of where 2 different currencies could be traded at the same time.