Episode 212: Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone with Andy Molinsky

On this episode of the show, I speak with Andy Molinksy. Andy is a professor of International Management and Organizational Behavior at Brandeis University, an author of two business books – Global Dexterity and Reach and a columnist at HBR, Psychology Today, and Inc.com.  He lectures, teaches, and consults on helping people step outside their personal, professional, and cultural comfort zones.

Specifics that we covered on the show include:

• How Andy helps people get past the mindset shift it takes to reach beyond their comfort zone.
• The pain points that keep us in our comfort zone, preventing us from stepping outside of it (and what ones are what Andy calls “The Big Three”).
• What Andy learned during a “ride along” that has helped him with his work.
• You’ll find out if (and how far) Andy went outside of his comfort zone when writing Reach.
• What the 3 Cs approach is and how it helps you reach outside of your comfort zone
• How both of us use avatars and triggers to help us do things that are uncomfortable…or things that we may feel as if we’re not ready to challenge.

Relevant Links

• Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge and Build Confidence
• Why You Need a Clarity Day
• Boost Your Productivity with Themes
• Couch to 5k
• Andy Molinksy’s Website

I hope you enjoy this episode…and if you’re looking for an example of something you can do to step outside of your comfort zone then perhaps sharing this episode might fit the bill. (Better yet – subscribe to the show so you don’t miss a single episode.)

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