Tour du Mont Blanc FINAL PREP

FINAL PREP 

Part III - Meeting the Challenge 

(not just the physical one)

Challenges that test our physical and mental capacity help us feel happy, confident, and more resilient. 

Elizabeth Whitworth 

Oh.

So, I’ve read that …

When you push yourself beyond your perceived limits, you give yourself a boost in confidence because you prove to yourself that you can go further than you previously thought.

Well, that’s not a bad thing.

But …

When I read about challenging myself, I came across this article -

Comfort Remedy: Go on a Challenging Adventure 

When I first read this, I thought it read,

 Comedy: Go on a Challenging Adventure

Then I read on and it lists some ideas:

1. Make sure your challenge is difficult but not deadly.  DEADLY!!!!

1. Just make sure that the consequence of failing isn’t death. DEATH!!!

I may have to rethink this idea about challenging myself. Geez.

The list continues:

1. Make your adventure unique to you. 

1. Design your challenge so that it’s challenging for you at your level of capability, not anyone else’s. By making your challenge unique to yourself, it’ll help make the experience about personal growth and prevent the temptation to compare yourself to other people, which is ultimately unsatisfying. 

Ok. I can do this …

for this reason alone. Isn’t this adorable? 

There are challenges that still meet the above criteria without having to be physical. For example:

1. Teaching Yoga

2. Writing books

3. Taking a new course in something you know nothing about

For me, I continuously find myself facing challenges that I have designed for myself. It’s a love-hate relationship. I plan it ✅, I organize it ✅, I recruit for it ✅, I teach it ✅. 

But the process is not always in your comfort zone. I know it’s not for me. Challenges move you out of your comfort zones to new perspectives and new heights. Perhaps we are all walking our own interior Tour du Mont Blancs with every challenge?  But once completed, I feel FANTASTIC! 😁

The best way to leave your comfort zone is to gradually expand it and find your optimal level of “good stress.”                                                                          

Maggie Wooll, MBA