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课堂内容提要:

1. Set a huge ambition that will require you to discipline yourself and accomplish smaller goals first. For example,  have weeks or months of training before trying to run a marathon 设定一个很大的目标,这需要你严格要求自己,并且刚开始要你先完成一些小目标。例如:尝试跑马拉松前会需要有几个周甚至几个月的训练。

2. Read a book from a field that you normally never set foot in. If autobiographies are normally your favorite, try a Fiction. Chose whatever is outside the norm.
读一本你一般情况下都不会涉足的领域的书。如果你一般读传记,那么你可以试一下小说。不管怎样,要从你一般不涉足的领域选择。

3. Pick up a new hobby that you currently have very little ability to do. Such as playing musical instruments, cooking, painting, writing or dancing.
培养一个现在你还没有足够能力去做好的新爱好,比如说演奏乐器,烹饪,画画,写作,跳舞等等。

4. It’s not always easy to express our feelings to the people we love the most. Make time for the people you care, and speak out your care for them, despite it's much easier to think “I love you” than to say it.
想对我们最爱的人表达感情,并不是一件容易的事。给那些你关心的人一点时间,虽然在心里想着“我爱你”比说出来更容易,但也要用语言表达出你对他们的关心。

5. Go to a restaurant that you’ve never actually been to and order something unique. Don't choose what you’ve had  for several times –  try something you struggle to pronounce.
去一个你从来没有去过的饭馆,点一些独特的菜。不要点那些你吃过好几次的食物,试试那些你连名字都可能读不出来的东西。

6. If you’ve grown comfortable doing things solo, start doing those activities with a friend. If you only do things with friends, try to do it alone. Trust me, seeing a movie by yourself is surprisingly pleasant.
如果你习惯了自己一个人做一些事情,那就开始尝试和朋友一起做。如果你只会和朋友一起做,那就自己做。相信我,自己去看一场电影会有很大的惊喜。

7. Make a new friend. No – that doesn’t mean add a random person on renren! At work, in class or when you’re out, start a conversation IN PERSON, and make friends with someone.
结交新的朋友。我的意思并不是指你在人人上随便添加一个朋友。在工作中,在班级里,或者当你出门时,私下单独和人开始一场谈话,和他们做朋友。

8. Switch up your daily routine drastically. If you’re a night owl, try hitting the hay early and waking up at sunrise. If you’re an early bird, explore the late hours of the night for a change.
尽量打乱你的日常常规。如果你是一个夜猫子,就试着早睡然后早起。如果你是早起的鸟儿,那就尝试晚点睡,改变一下自己。

9. Limit your television-watching time. Replace that newfound time to be active and live your life, as opposed to watching others.
限制自己看电视的时间。让这段时间的自己变得更加活跃,过自己的生活,而不是观看别人的。 

10. Choose one of your fears and confront it head-on. Don’t like heights? Try skydiving, hiking a mountain or going on a rooftop – whatever you can do, as long as the idea of it makes you uneasy.
选择一个你恐惧的东西然后直面它。你恐高?那就试试跳伞,爬山,或者去屋顶,任何使你感到不舒服的都可以去尝试。

11. Enter a competition in which the conditions are not all favorable to you. Failure isn’t always a bad thing, especially when it’s used properly. By losing and feeling a letdown, you would be thirsty to try again .
去参加一个情况可能对你不利的比赛。失败并不总是坏事,尤其是用的恰到好处的时候会变成好事。通过失败,感受到失望,你会更加想再次尝试.

12. Say “yes” to every single opportunity that presents to you, big or small. From an invite to an event you typically wouldn’t attend, to a job promotion in a different city. Some things are life-changing, and should be embraced with open arms instead of being declined without consideration.
不管机会是大是小,都要好好抓住。不管是一次邀请你不愿意去参加的活动,还是一个去不同的城市工作的晋升。有些事情就是会改变你的一生,你应该敞开双手去接受它们,而不是不加任何考虑就拒绝。 

Summary: how to jump out of your comfort zone?
1. Face your fears.
2. Challenge yourself.
3. Make a new acquaintance.
4. Educate yourself.
5. Try something new.
6. Be proactive.

Warning:
Don't confuse stepping out of your comfort zone with being reckless and stupid. There's a difference between being reckless and accepting risks. Reckless people don't accept risks-they don't even think about them. You should know the risks, and decide to go through with the decision anyway, ready and willing to accept the consequences if things don't work out.  

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