Woman in Business: Taking a leap...

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CAN you feel the edges of your business comfort zone? Maybe there are things you really want to do but don’t dare to, whether it’s setting up on your own, going for that dream promotion or making that career leap. Or maybe there’s a new project you want to set up or service you want to offer but it feels like a big risk?

Sometimes, in life and in business, stepping out of our comfort zones can lead to us reaping huge rewards. In the self-help classic Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, Susan Jeffers points out that fear never really goes away, but you can choose to stay safe, not dare and feel scared of making the next move, or you can feel the fear and do it anyway, then your fear is of the next step.

Either way, the fear is there, but in the latter case, you’ve moved on and you have the experience of knowing you’ve done it before – and so you can do it again.