Comfort zone

Challenging yourself to leave your comfort zone isn’t easy, but it may be necessary if you want to be an effective business leader. These tips can help ease the pain. How comfortable are you with being uncomfortable? It’s an important question given the pressure that business owners face to make decisions quickly and to adapt to changing markets, economic realities and customer demands. When the pressure builds, it can be tempting to stay (or retreat) to what you know – back where it’s safe and familiar. But that may not be the smartest move you can make.

Challenging yourself to leave your comfort zone isn’t easy, but it may be necessary if you want to be an effective business leader. These tips can help ease the pain. How comfortable are you with being uncomfortable? It’s an important question given the pressure that business owners face to make decisions quickly and to adapt to changing markets, economic realities and customer demands. When the pressure builds, it can be tempting to stay (or retreat) to what you know – back where it’s safe and familiar. But that may not be the smartest move you can make.

With everyone watching debt rollovers in Europe, let's instead take a look at the total global debt rollover and debt issuance problem. Bloomberg reports World’s Biggest Economies Face $7.6T DebtGovernments of the world’s leading economies have more than $7.6 trillion of debt maturing this year, with most facing a rise in borrowing costs.

By Cyniconomics:This morning's quarterly bank lending survey capped off a series of indicators with a bleak message for the eurozone economy. Almost all signs suggest that Europe continues to spiral downwards.

By Jack Bouroudjian: The chatter all weekend long was about the release of stress tests of European banks late last Friday. When we look at this news and the ongoing European debt crisis, it’s important to remember that the euro zone itself is an experiment. There’s a part of the story that’s not being told.

A comfort zone can soothe, but it can also spoil. Still, it’s one thing to leave that safety under one’s own steam and another to be yanked out.