Cocktails and Coaching

How often do you really put yourself out there? Take a risk? Step outside your comfort zone?   A lot of us are quite happy with doing what we always do and not really challenging ourselves, because one of the strongest emotions that drives us is fear …   You can think of your comfort zone as 3 circles each within each other…   The first, inner circle is your comfort zone , just outside that is your stretch zone and outside of that you have your panic zone .   ' They say ' that the fear of public speaking is a fear greater than death for most people, so'll I'll use that as an example…   Comfort Zone When having a one to one conversation most of us are sat quite comfortably in the inner circle, being our comfort zone.   Stretch Zone If we then have to lead a discussion in, say, a team meeting with a wider audience then for some, this pushes us slightly into the next circle being our stretch zone.   Panic Zone And finall...