Hello, world, welcome to discover your talent to do what you love, number 617.

I'm your host, Don Hutchison.

Every Monday and Wednesday, I interview someone from around the world

who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and

freedom. On Fridays, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal or business

development who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our listeners

along their journeys. I'm delighted to bring you our featured expert, Andy Malinsky.

Welcome, Andy. Thanks for having me. It's a pleasure to have you on the show.

Andy Malinski is a professor of international management and psychology at Brandeis University in Boston

and the author of two popular business books, Global Dexterity and Reach, which was just published

this year. He also writes regularly for Harvard Business Review, Inc.com, and psychology

today. Today's topic is a fascinating one, in my opinion, helping people step

outside their personal and cultural comfort zones, which is one of the hardest things

that any human being has to do, right? So take the stage and lay the groundwork for this chat.

Yeah, so it is one of the hardest things that people have to do, but to, and I certainly don't want people to come away from this discussion thinking, oh my gosh, I have to step outside by personal cultural comforts in every situation. That's definitely not going to be the message here. But the message is that, you know, if you do want to grow and learn and develop, and this happens oftentimes at key inflection points and stages in your life, maybe, you know, when you do want to grow and learn and develop, and this happens oftentimes a key

inflection points and stages in your life, maybe, you know, when you're younger, moving from

home to college for the first time, perhaps, or maybe taking on your first professional job,

or becoming a manager, starting a company, becoming a leader, any of these key inflection

points, you know, to be able to thrive, you're probably going to have to step outside your comfort zone to achieve your goals. And that's what my work's about, helping people understand, you know, what the challenges are, what holds them back, how they might be avoiding it, and then what they can do to be more successful. Well, just take us through the whole process of how you might, I guess you coach and consult with

different companies and individuals and clients, right?

Yeah, so I do and I also teach as well these topics and have also interviewed, gosh, at this

point, probably 70 or 80 people about their experiences.

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