Ask Mark Ward

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Leave your Comfort.

Do you ever find yourself complacent about the future? Are you ever paralyzed by the wide range of possibility and potential (so much so that you remain sedentary)? Life is too precious to ignore. Don't allow yourself to exist on auto-pilot. Wake up and smell the coffee! I am serious! Smell the coffee!

Today is an opportunity for a great adventure. It doesn't require you to leave the city or even your residence. It does require you, however, to leave your comfort zone. Step out of the familiar and expand your horizons. Do five things today that you would never "normally" do.  Do you feel your pulse beginning to accelerate at the very idea of such nonsense? Do you hear that editorial voice in your head telling you this would be better put off until the weekend or when you have more time?

Speak with a complete stranger. Take the "wrong bus" home. Take on a different persona on your way to and from work (be someone else). Play a foolish prank on a friend. Stand the wrong way in an elevator. Sing your favorite song outside at the top of your lungs. Roll in the grass. Rock your world! If you choose not to experience the thrill of life, what are you living for? (or are you living at all?)

Success or sabotage? If you are choosing success over joy, you are defining it wrong. The only one that stands in your way is YOU.

Is this going to be an incredible day? Every day comes packed with the possibility. Are you willing to accept its offer?