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Ready to Stop Coasting and Challenge Your Comfort Zone? 💥🚀

Author
Lisa Hopkins, Wide Open Stages
Published
Fri 01 Aug 2025
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What drives you forward when you’re already succeeding?
When everyone around you thinks you’re doing great, how do you reconnect with that inner knowing that there’s more—more growth, more potential, more purpose?

This episode explores the growth mindset of high performers and challenges the idea that success means stopping. While many of us achieve mastery in our chosen fields, we often reach a plateau—coasting on competence, collecting praise, yet quietly wondering what else we’re capable of.

The real challenge isn’t always climbing higher. Sometimes it’s having the courage to challenge your comfort zone—to admit where you’re not living up to your own standard, even if the world thinks you’ve already made it.

As high performers, our fear often stems not from doubt, but from the magnitude of what we know we’re capable of. This episode invites you to reframe the choice: what if the space between comfort and transformation isn’t a leap, but a middle ground—a space to honor all you’ve done while reaching for what’s next?

Whether you’re thriving, coasting, or just beginning to stretch, ask yourself:

  • Where am I unconsciously competent?
  • When was the last time I truly felt challenged?
  • What untapped potential is waiting for me?

These aren’t questions of inadequacy—they’re invitations to step into deeper self-leadership, to expand into growth on your own terms.

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