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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Dealing with Anxiety Outside Your Comfort Zone

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode is a throwback to 2019 from a conversation with Kevin Palmieri and Alan Lazaros of the Hyper Conscious Podcast. We had a deep discussion about navigating our personal zones: the comfort zone, the learning zone, and the anxiety zone. I share insights on maintaining equilibrium between these three zones and emphasizing the importance of continuously expanding our understanding and awareness. We also touch on the value of self-care when faced with overwhelming anxiety and the significance of always seeking growth opportunities. Join us for this reflective journey on self-awareness and personal growth.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're always pushing towards that anxiety.

0:02.4

But if you get into the anxiety zone with something,

0:05.2

your ego's in the way.

0:07.2

You need to take a step back, stop dropping roll back into the learning zone.

0:10.8

If not even back into the comfort zone.

0:13.0

This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook.

0:15.4

For each week, I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs

0:20.6

to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success.

0:24.6

So there's the comfort zone, the learning zone, and the anxiety zone.

0:30.8

I have been in the anxiety zone lately.

0:32.8

But I realize that I'm stretching myself.

0:36.2

Does how do you make sure each zone is either growing or shrinking properly?

0:40.6

And you're not crippling yourself while you're doing it.

0:42.4

They're all interconnected, right?

0:44.6

So you're either expanding or contracting, right?

0:48.2

And when you live out into the anxiety zone, you're going to contract everything.

0:55.4

So to make it really simple, our goal in the comfort zone,

0:59.4

it's unconscious competency.

1:00.6

We don't have to think about it riding a bike is an easy example, right?

1:04.4

The learning zone is where we're learning lessons.

1:08.0

The anxiety zone is where we're putting judgments and conditions on those lessons

1:11.8

getting in our own way and constricting or interfering with the energy

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