A life of ease. Leaning back on your couch, enjoying a favorite activity, working to learn something so it becomes easy for you to live in your comfort zone. This all sounds so very good. And yet, is that goal the goal that serves us best: to just get to where it all becomes easy?

To answer that, let’s start by asking a few additional questions.

When are you at your best?
Are you at your best when it’s easy? Or are you at your best when you’re being pushed? Or are you at your best when you’re being challenged, when your comfort zone is something you can remember rather than feel?

I would submit to you that if you want to be at your best, to perform at your best, and to create at your best, you must remember the following things.

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Kevin Eikenberry is a recognized world expert on leadership development and learning and is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. He has spent over 30 years helping organizations across North America, and leaders from around the world, on leadership, learning, teams and teamwork, communication and more.

Twice he has been named by Inc.com as one of the Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts in the World and 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Conference. The American Management Association named him a “Leaders to Watch” and he has been twice named as one of the World's Top 30 Leadership Professionals by Global Gurus. Top Sales World has named him a Top Sales & Marketing Influencer several times, and his blog has been named on many “best of” lists. LeadersHum has named him one of the 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership in 2023.

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