The Importance Of Doing The “Edge Work” In Your Business

“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

A while ago, a few things happened in my business that led me to realise that I’d been playing it safe in my business (and life) and helped me to see how that wasn’t serving my personal or professional growth.

The first was a coaching session I had with one of my clients which resulted in her taking on a personal “10 Courageous Acts Challenge”. I felt inspired to join her and wrote out my own list of courageous acts.

As is often the way, my intention to be more courageous, was immediately met by an opportunity to be so. My favourite business mentor, George Kao, asked me if he could interview me for his Facebook business page and Youtube channel. Of course, I said yes and you can watch the recording of it here. Even though I’ve been interviewed before and have, myself, interviewed many people, I definitely noticed the nerves before this one, which felt good once I reminded myself that “Fear is excitement without breath” (Robert Heller)

The third thing was reading a blog post by another client of mine, in which she talks about the importance of edge work and says this: “Edge work is some of the hardest work you will have to do. It’ll require you…