Step Outside Your Comfort Zone

When It Started

Back in 2016, Jade Harrell, owner of RareGem Productions had what I thought was a crazy idea and definitely did not want to step outside my comfort zone. She pitched a podcast to me and Cheryl Watkins-Moore. Cheryl and I have worked together for more than 3 years. Even early on you could tell that we were peas in a pod – fiercely committed to advancing racial and gender equity in entrepreneurship, eager to collaborate to make that happen and firey Sagetariouses to boot!

Instant Bond

Jade saw our chemistry and our potential to inspire listeners to be entrepreneurial wherever they are. The Entrepreneurially Thinking podcast was born. Needless to say, what started off feeling weird and scary has turned out to be deeply rewarding and a whole lot of fun! The podcast took me and Cheryl out of our comfort zones – actually, it reset the boundaries of those zones, making them wider, more flexible and less intimidating.

To Wrap It Up

So now, I am a podcaster, among many other things! And I know I will keep adding nuances to my identity as I continue to do new things and meet new people. I hope you will step outside your comfort zone in some small way. What assets, resources or potential do you have that is untapped? How are you underestimating yourself or your company? What are you afraid of? What’s the worst that can happen? Need help? Let me know!