People who are motivational speakers never miss a chance to tell you about an amazing thing that they have done. It\u2019s sort of part of their job description right? They are there typically to tell you about an amazing thing they did or something they overcame. The end result is that you feel that you also can overcome things in your life too. If they really did their job then by contrast the thing that you have to overcome is very minor by contrast. My interview with Mark Black <\/a>is another example of this concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now there have been a few things in my life that I have accomplished that I was absolutely terrified and doing. And those things you could say are a bit on the amazing side too (I talk about this a little in the Alchemy for Life: Formulas for Success<\/a> book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But like so many other podcasts I’m just going to tell you the opposite. So instead of grabbing my pom-poms and telling you how you could be amazing and accomplish amazing things and move outside of your comfort zone I am instead going to tell you how you can do all these things without<\/em> moving outside of your comfort zone<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And do you know how we\u2019re going to do that? Training wheels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was the same way that you learned to ride a bike, right? You may say that when you really<\/em> learned to ride the bike it was when someone just shoved you and you had to pedal and make it work. You pedaled feverishly because you were terrified of falling over. And again that goes back to what most people say about “just do it” That\u2019s true but before that you hopefully got to Putz around with the bike with the training wheels on it. Guess what else in life also works that way? Pretty much everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again I\u2019m speaking to you from the perspective of somebody who has plunged himself into the fire time and time again. Usually out of necessity sometimes out of circumstance and sometimes just because of horrible luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So with that perspective in mind I can tell you that almost anything can be accomplished with the age of training wheels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether it\u2019s nurture, nature, or genetics, women seem to get this more than men. I won\u2019t get into the societal limitations of why men don\u2019t because that\u2019s another podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My point is that there are a lot of things that women do for the first time but they bring a friend or did you want to group or the join a friend. Want to go speed dating? You\u2019ll see most women show up with a friend and I just doing it on a lark while the men show up alone and terrified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I could list for you all the groups that women are lucky enough to have and be allowed to have that support this concept of training wheels. But let\u2019s just talk about individual examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Listen in to get some examples to get your gears turning, and some helpful homework that just may make you consider that you can do something you’ve always wanted to, and still remain in your comfort zone. Cheers! <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\nConceptual Training Wheels<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Examples of metaphorical training wheels<\/h3>\n\n\n\n