Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

Recently I was encouraged to make a copy of the Kekich Credo Statements, to keep it on my desk, make notes on it, dissect it and embrace it.  I was challenged to pick one every morning and live it out.  The result - it will change you.

Ok, let’s do this.  There are 100 of these statements and I hope to share them with you over the next 100 days as part of the Daily Content Challenge.

Just a bit of background.  I researched Kekich Credo and discovered that these 100 Statements known as Kekich Credo were written by David Kekich who described his credo with these words - ‘Kekich’s Credo is basically a summary of the most important things I have learned in my life, and I boiled down to 100 rules or Credo.’

Despite an unfortunate accident in his 30’s which left David Kekich paralyzed from the chest down, he was able to achieve amazing levels of success. David Kekich passed away on September 9, 2021 at the age of 78.  He spent 43 years after his accident in a wheelchair.  But that never stopped him from working out every day and from always having a positive attitude even on days when he had pain or other issues stemming from the paraplegia.  Not too many people living for decades with a spinal cord injury could have accomplished what he did.  

So let’s get started.  The first statement of the credo is a long one.  It talks about getting out of your comfort zone.  In another Daily Content Challenge post I talked about stepping out of your comfort zone.  

Here is the full statement:

1. People will do almost anything to stay in their comfort zones. If you want to accomplish anything, get out of your comfort zone. Strive to increase order and discipline in your life. Discipline usually means doing the opposite of what you feel like doing. The easy roads to discipline are 1) setting deadlines, 2) discovering and doing what you do best and what’s important and enjoyable to you and 3) focusing on habits by replacing your bad habits and thought patterns, one-by-one, over time, with good habits and thought patterns.

This statement says if you want to accomplish anything, you have to get out of your comfort zone.  If you stay where you are comfortable things will remain the same and you will never move forward.  

So how do we move out of our comfort zone?  This credo says we need to strive to increase order and discipline in our lives.  Notice it says to strive.  We won’t reach success immediately.  It is a lifelong journey.  By continually moving forward, striving to move out of our comfort zone, we will be able to accomplish new things and reach toward our goals.  

How do we add discipline to our lives?  This credo suggests three things. 

1.  Setting deadlines - I am going to finish XYZ by 2pm today.  I am going to make 5 calls this morning.  Setting a time and a date helps us to do the things we don’t feel like doing. 

2. Discovering and doing what you do best and what’s enjoyable to you.  When we do things we enjoy and things we do best we are able to share the gifts and talents we have been given with others.  The things we don’t enjoy or don’t do well, we need to outsource to others who are gifted in these areas.

3. Focusing on habits by replacing your bad habits and thought patterns, one-by-one, over time, with good habits and thought patterns.  I like the one-by-one part of this statement.  Just tackle one thing at a time.  Too often we make a long to-do list and get discouraged trying to do everything at once.  

This first credo has a lot to think about.  Are you willing to get out of your comfort zone?  What is one step you need to make today?

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