Two and a half years ago I packed a suitcase and booked a one-way ticket to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
I was living in Chicago at the time and had gone through a period of great personal and professional growth, followed by a period of stagnation.<\/p>\n
I think one of the worst things that can happen to you in life is to get too comfortable. When things are comfortable and predictable, it\u2019s very easy to get complacent.<\/p>\n
There is a tendency to stop challenging yourself.<\/p>\n
And frankly, when that happens, life can get a little boring.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s only in times of discomfort, that you discover what you are made of.<\/p>\n
My first taste of this was back in 2004 when the company I was working for went out of business.<\/p>\n
Long before the doors closed, I knew I should have moved on.<\/p>\n
But I didn\u2019t because I was comfortable.<\/p>\n
And I believed in the illusion of job security and a steady paycheck.<\/p>\n
After that myth was shattered, I started to see the world differently. I did something I never did before\u2026start my own business.<\/p>\n
<\/a>I traveled the world doing freelance video production projects.<\/p>\n I took up dance classes and performed in a number of dance shows.<\/p>\n But after a while, I started to feel that stagnation.<\/p>\n I was comfortable. And to be honest, I wasn\u2019t really challenging myself either.<\/p>\n And I was stuck.<\/p>\n I always had a dream of acting on a dramatic television series. And I knew if that was going to happen, I had to leave Chicago. So I started taking steps in that direction.<\/p>\n When I landed an agent in Los Angeles, I knew it was time to go.<\/p>\n With no plan, whatsoever, I just left.<\/p>\n That was a risk!<\/p>\n Some people thought I was crazy.<\/p>\n And there were some that thought I was straight up stupid.<\/p>\n But I did it anyway because I understood the bigger risk was not doing anything at all.<\/p>\n You see in life, you are either moving forward or you are moving backward.<\/p>\n You never stay in the same place.<\/p>\n It starts by knowing when you are resting on your laurels.<\/p>\n If you are coasting along day by day without any real challenge or hardship, you\u2019re probably moving backwards because you are not challenging yourself.<\/p>\n So start looking for areas in life where you can take a risk.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t have to be huge, like moving cross country.<\/p>\n <\/a>But start asking yourself in what ways can you step up your game.<\/p>\n Know what the next level in your life or in your career is, and get out of your comfort zone to make that a reality.<\/p>\n It could be meeting new people. Or taking on a project that you have never done before.<\/p>\n Taking a class. Starting a business.<\/p>\n Whatever it takes to expand your mind and your skills.<\/p>\n And to be honest, that past 2 and a half years have not been easy. But they may turn out to be the best two years of my life. I have grown so much personally and professionally, that it makes all the discomfort worthwhile.<\/p>\n It\u2019s amazing how taking one little risk can open up a whole world of possibilities.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Join me know and I\u2019ll show you how to use a blog to start creating success and wealth in your life.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Some Cool Blogs You May Enjoy<\/strong><\/p>\n Take a Risk and Live the Life of Your Dreams Two and a half years ago I packed a suitcase and booked a one-way ticket to Los Angeles. I was living in Chicago at the time and had gone through a period of great personal and professional growth, followed by a period of stagnation. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3294,"featured_media":105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4,5],"tags":[6,7,8,9],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-achieving-your-goals","category-affiliate-marketing","category-home-based-business","category-online-marketing","tag-achieving-your-goals","tag-challenge","tag-kalei-beamon","tag-risk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/26kb16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/26kb16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/26kb16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/26kb16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/26kb16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/26kb16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/26kb16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/26kb16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/26kb16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/26kb16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/26kb16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}So how do you keep moving forward?<\/h3>\n
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