Principle #7Principle #7Release the BrakesRelease the Brakes

What does this mean?What does this mean?

“Everything you wantwant is just outsideoutside of your comfort zonecomfort zone.”

-Robert AllenMultimillionaire, author, and motivational speaker

What is a Comfort Zone?What is a Comfort Zone?

• A comfort zone is that place where we feel safe and secure – a place where we can avoid worry, fear, or failure.

WhereWhere’’s the Edge of My s the Edge of My Comfort Zone?Comfort Zone?

• When you feel fear, uneasiness, or butterflies in your stomach, you are on the edge of your comfort zone

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• In your notes, list five things that you would do if you knew you could not fail.

If I knew I could not fail, I would:1.2.3.4.5.

Getting Out of Your Comfort Getting Out of Your Comfort ZoneZone

1. Change the way you talk to yourself - use positive language such as “I

can…, I am…, I will…”2. Visualize your life the way you want it3. Change your behavior

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“Whatever we think aboutthink about, we bring aboutbring about.”

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• Read about setting goals on pages 79-88 in the book entitled The Success Principles by Jack Canfield and Kent Healy.• Take down one page of Cornell notes.

Affirmations Affirmations

• Affirmations are statements that describe goals in their completed states

Examples:Examples:

Goal: To be a successful business ownerAffirmation: I am a successful business owner.

Goal: To be able to vacation in the Bahamas with my family. Affirmation: I am sitting in the Bahamas with my family.

Goal: To get good grades.Affirmation: I am a 4.0 student.

Tips for Affirmations Tips for Affirmations

1. Start with the words “I am”2. Use the present tense3. State it in the positive4. Keep it brief5. Make it specific6. Include and “-ing” action word7. Include at least one dynamic emotion

or feeling word.

Affirmation Practice Affirmation Practice

Examples:Examples:

Goal: I want to own a new car by the time I am 21Affirmation:

Goal: To be at the top of my graduating classAffirmation:.

Goal: To have a family by the time I am 28Affirmation:

Goal: To be the best player on my teamAffirmation:

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