Furthermore, he informed me that goals aren’t achieved but rather they are ATTRACTED by the person I become as a result of the consistent discomfort I successfully and proactively face as I move through life.

“I want to do things perfectly, and for that reason I am spending all this time planning and organizing my thoughts and ideas. This is NOT Procrastination!!!! Can’t you see that I am making progress with my ideas? I mean, what’s the point of doing something half-heartedly? I either do it right or I don’t do it at all”

I was literally pulling out every excuse I could find to justify my reasons for procrastinating. And on top of this I actually thought I was making good progress. Well I might have been making marginal progress, however it wasn’t the RIGHT TYPE OF PROGRESS that would get me to where I wanted to go. I was quite effectively stuck within my Comfort Zone

However, I do now realize that anxiety is just like any other emotion – it’s simply an interpretation I have made about circumstances that has forced me to feel this way. Hence, if I change my interpretation or the MEANING of my experience, I will therefore be better able to control how my body responds – and consequently reduce or eliminate my feelings of anxiety altogether.

The Key is to Ask Better Questions.

I said, “I will teach my kids that in order to live a happy, fulfilling and successful life, that they must make a habit of becoming comfortable with being emotionally uncomfortable for extended periods at a time.”

This essentially boils down to having the willingness to step outside your Comfort Zone every single day until your goals and objectives are achieved. This ain’t easy, but I know that it’s something that I must personally work on every day.