For anyone who has read the 4 Hour Work Week knows what laying on the floor in a public place is all about.  My personal choice was the stationary aisle at Target…but that’s besides the point.  A comfort challenge is exactly how it sounds.  It means doing something uncomfortable to make real life uncomfortable situations comfortable situations later…still with me?  Basically they are activities to help build self confidence and in some cases self worth.  I will be coming out with comfort challenges regularly for myself and readers to perform and discuss once  the challenge is performed.  So suck it up and jump into the deep end:

Your Comfort Challenge:

I will be completely open with this one.  Typically when I pass by someone who is homeless I feel a bit awkward.  I don’t know whether to give money, engage the person or just walk away and ignore.  Typically it is similar to being approached by a sales people with nothing to sell…and we all know how scary a “salesy” sales person can be.

With that being said the challenge is: to get to know a homeless person.  Ask them how there day is, find out something interesting about them and be completely present in the conversation.  I have had a couple of those convos in my life and I can say that each one has not only been compelling but pleasant.  Not only will this help cure your anxiety (if you have any) in those situations but it will allow you to make a quality decision on how to help a person (just like you would do with anyone else).

Please comment on this post and tell me how the comfort challenge.  I will make sure to do the same!

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.