This is Help Wanted, the show that makes your work work for you. I'm Jason Pfizer, editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur magazine.

And I'm money expert Nicole Lappin. On Tuesdays, Jason and I answer the helpline and help

callers solve their work problems. And on Thursdays, I give you one way to improve your work and build a career or company you love.

And it starts now.

You are not taking the risks that you should.

I don't mean to scold you here, but you know it's true, right?

You're an open-minded person, but your comfort zone can also be a trap.

It is so easy to just stick with what you know. but your comfort zone can also be a trap.

It is so easy to just stick with what you know.

Why make yourself uncomfortable?

But as a result, you miss out on a lot,

or at least you feel like you're missing out on a lot. Today I am not going to

scream YOLO and FOMO at you. That is unhelpful. Instead I'm going to give you the

trick that I have used to propel myself into the unknown,

and that you can use to.

Here it is.

I ask my future self.

Sounds weird, but it is easy, helpful, and it drives results.

And to understand why it works to ask your future self,

let me first tell you about my past self. So here's when new things were scary.

I spent most of my 20s living with my college girlfriend and working as a small town newspaper

reporter in Massachusetts.

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