Mastering Change: 5 Important Truths about Leaving Your Comfort Zone
A new Iconic Series on our Marriage Blueprint
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Mastering Change: 5 Important Truths about Leaving Your Comfort Zone
Whether we admit it or not, we dislike being uncomfortable.
And we will do anything to avoid situations, people and areas where our discomfort is plateable.
That isn’t a plan for people with Vision in business, life or even marriage.
We must become masters of change, embracing hard truths to win.
Change can be and is scary.
And so is love.
If we won’t risk it all for love, what will we risk it for?
John 15:13 NLT
There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Therefore, how to we build Iconic marriages and our social empires when we must get outside and get started?
Let’s discuss these 5 truths to help us.
Truth 1: Break Fear
Fear is the thief of joy. It bounds us in our current situation. It freezes us out of our potential. It stops us from taking a chance and it bogs us down in bad rhetoric, low self-esteem and confidence.
It is such a problem we have an eBook to help us against fear and a few newsletters too.
Fear is our enemy because it keeps us stagnant, poor and useless. It stalls us on our calling, its stops us from saying yes to our destiny.
Owning and understanding your body and mind are pivotal to success. Being afraid does not lead to success, but learning from fear is a method toward understanding. Knowing yourself can provide fruitful insights on the nuts and bolts of your own psyche as we all as preparing for the dangers of the world. The Power Of Fear (elitedaily.com)
In the Bible, “Fear not” is mentioned 365 times to remind us not to be afraid every day.
We must break our fears to be free.
Breaking Fear: Anniversary Edition
“Breaking Fear: Anniversary Edition is here. The original 1st eBook in our Iconic Media Library now has an amazing new chapter when fear struck my household again and 4 powerful interviews from social media influencers telling their own inspiring stories.
In fact, these Four social media influencers grace our Twitter Spaces talking about all kinds of fears that almost ended them like prison, being in the evangelical spaces, fighting a criminal case and running for political office.
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Truth 2: Accept Life’s Difficulties
Jobs will say no to you. Women will reject you. That man will not be the best for you. Life happens.
And it is hard. Once we become completely in submission to the fact that life isn’t going to be easy, we fear leaving our comfort zones less and less.
It is like when a sword is forged, it has to be beaten and molded the correct way or it won’t. work.
Life beats on us, tests us and molds us so that we are ready to face whatever we must.
Marriage is not for the faint of heart. You must understand the ups and downs are part of your journey.
When you accept the truth that life will happen whether you like it or not, you will be ready to stand outside your safe space with confidence.
Truth 3: Understand True Courage
True courage isn’t being fearless. It is doing what must be done in spite
of fear. Yesterday was 9/11 or Patriots Day when many heroes lost their lives to save their fellow human being.
We can read stories throughout history, watch movies and read books about human’s capacity to stand up in the face of danger to fight evil.
But those stories aren’t to tell us that these individuals are better than us, they are just like you and me.
What sets them apart is that when life called for a hero, they did it. And they did it knowing they may die.
Joan of Arc was just 17 when she stood up to fight for her people. She was burned alive for her troubles. What courage!
So, take that job, move from that town, ask that girl out, the chance to be courageous is right in front of you.
Truth 4: Do A Risk Assessment
Now when heroes decide to act, they usually do a risk assessment. They then determine that if they don’t step up quickly enough, more people will be hurt.
Importantly, they take the best-case scenario into account before leaping forward.
There are four parts to consider when evaluating risk according to the America Society of Safety Professionals:
Risk Identification: properly noting what risks and harzards exist.
Risk Analysis: Prioritizing actions, detailed consideration.
Risk Evaluation: Professionals examining results.
Risk Communication: Relaying the risks identifies, analyzed and evaluate to prevent or mitigate to achieve goals.
Truth 5: Do Something
Trying sounds not. But you are either going to do something or not.
Actions speak louder than words. After you break fear, accept life’s difficulties build courage, and do a risk assessment, you must act.
Some actions need to happen immediately and others can. wait.
At some point, however, you are going to have to make that leap.
You are only going to know the limits of your vision, the possibilities of marriage, and the calling on your life when you do the work.
and the results of your actions can only be evaluated once you take them.
There are plenty of people who have Visions, Dreams and Ideas but to separate those who are successful from those who are not are those who do.
Key Summary
Get out of your comfort!
That is the only way things change.
That is the only way things can be different in your life.
Courage is doing it anyway.
You can have the marriage of your dreams if you are willing to do what it takes with the right person.
Just remember, in everything you do, Be Iconic.
Be a Blessing: Iconic Media Funding Campaign
Campaign Story
On October 1, 2022, I launched my newest platform, Iconic Media, as a place where new couples could come to learn how to build successful marriages.
In today’s modern world, conversations around marriages are causing people to lose faith in the institution, despite research proving its viable benefits to our communities. Very few people are delivering tools and strategies that help new couples thrive. As a result, we are witnessing more divorces and broken families.
And it’s not just happening in Black communities. We’re witnessing this downfall among other groups.
Something must change.
Back in 2022, after working with the Conscious Conservative Movement and seeing the need to produce content that empowered our social empires, I decided it was time to host nuanced conversations about marriage while incorporating aspects of the culture into my discussions.
As a result, Iconic Media was formed. Our vision is to equip men and women to build lasting iconic marriages that thrive. Our mission over the next 25 years is to help 1,000,000 new couples forget healthier, stronger relationships. And we will accomplish this mission through our Twitter Spaces, newsletter, and e-courses.
To accomplish these goals, I must first receive the training necessary to build the infrastructure. Cost for my online business development is $15,000 (or $288/week) and will occur over a 12-month time period.
I’ve currently been accepted into Coach Felecia Killings’s award-winning online coaching program called My Beloved Women’s Online Business and Virtual Ministry School. And each week, she provides me the tools I need to create the system of operations, so I manifest my God-given vision.
The Iconic Fundraising Campaign will help offset the tuition costs, and your donation of $10 or more will go directly towards my training.
Today, almost 1 year later, we still need you.
Our campaign goal has not been reached yet.
And here is your chance to be a blessing!
As a token of appreciation for your support, I have several rewards available, including access to my newest e-books and access to Iconic’s first e-course.
Thanks to your work so far Iconic Media!
If you’ve enjoyed the content I’ve shared over the last few years, and if you have grown as a result of the work I put in, help me receive the full business training I need to make Iconic Media a success.
We are 100% committed to restoring the truth about marriage because we want our nuclear families to thrive. When they thrive, communities thrive. And when communities thrive, the nation thrives.
Thank you in advance for your ongoing support.
Together, we can rebuild our families by starting at the most local level: our marriages.