BY MAX LUKOMINSKIY

It is not surprising that the majority of all new year’s resolutions is aimed at self-improvement in the broad sense. We all aspire to accomplish huge goals, develop new skills, broaden our knowledge, and simply become better.

Therefore, no matter what kind of resolutions you make, it is likely to be related to the personal growth. Moreover, no matter what exactly you would like to achieve in 2017, those attainments are going to require bold actions and strong commitment.

However, in order to lead to the constant and rapid growth, those actions should be taken far beyond your area of ease and convenience. The reason is that there are no opportunities for growth within your comfort zone.

You should learn to live in your discomfort zone if you want to collect all the ingredients of success.

The integral part of any growth is the constant discovery of new, earlier unknown things. You should get familiar with all the strange things out there and make them a part of your present comfort zone.

The things that scare you and make you feel awkward is where the fertile soil for the consistent self-improvement is.

If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try — Seth Godin

Overall, everything boils down to the gradual expansion of your comfort zone. And this is the only New Year’s resolution I made, and you should too:

Expand the comfort zone.

If it is networking or learning a new language, it requires you to leave your comfort zone on a consistent basis. If it is either daily jogging in the morning or quitting smoking, it requires you to live beyond your zone of convenience.

Expansion of your comfort zone is where everything in your life should start.

However, if it is a skill rather than a random action you take in accordance with the situation, make sure to master it to make it easy for yourself to leave the comfort zone whenever you need.

May 2017 be productive, fruitful, and full of opportunities for your personal development.