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365 Days of Coaching
Published by Rachelle Disbennett-Lee
Monday, July 1, 2002
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Eat Food with an Unpronounceable Name

One of the hosts of a cooking show I sometimes watch claims that you haven't experience a place until you have eaten the food. On my trip around the world, I have discovered that there are foods I have never heard of and some have names I cannot pronounce. My willingness to try the foods has expanded my understanding and my experience of the people I have met and places I have traveled. It also forces me to get out of my comfort zone.

Trying different foods for me is simply a metaphor for trying new things and expanding my experiences. By being willing to get out of my comfort zone, I stretch myself and expand my horizon of experiences. I may not like everything I try, but at least I tried. As a child, I remember my parents telling me that all I had to do was taste a new food. I didn't have to eat it if I didn't like it. Oftentimes, once I tried it I did like it. It was the trying that allowed me to know if I liked something or not and if I would have it again. As in life, we don't know until we try new experiences if we will like it and want to do more of it. Everything we have done was a first time at one time. It is the first time trying that allows us to bring new experiences into our lives.

Coaching

Imagine how boring life would be if we never tried anything new. We would simply do the same thing over and over. Trying new things whether it is food, travel, or a new way of doing something we have always done, broadens our experiences and adds texture to life. Without new experiences, life would become very boring.

We don't have to travel around the world to create new experiences. Everyday we have the opportunity to try new things like visit a restaurant we have never been to, go to work a new way or rearrange our desk in a new way. It isn't as important what we do. What is important is that we make a conscious effort to try new things and create new experiences everyday.

When was the last time you tried something new?

Daily Success Formula

Trying new things + Openness + Willingness = New Experiences

Quotes

If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own. Stephen R. Covey