The Lonely Leader helps existing and aspiring leaders become the best version of themselves.
We believe that leadership on the outside begins within.
By sharing decades of leadership experience, insights and best practice we can help you sharpen your skills.
Our unique and authentic style, drawing upon learnings from success and failure, will ensure you are better prepared to optimise your performance and meet the challenges of the modern day leader.
We regularly discuss creating and sustaining high performance, enhancing resilience, empowering our mindset and finding professional and personal fulfilment.
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The Lonely Leader helps existing and aspiring leaders become the best version of themselves.
We believe that leadership on the outside begins within.
By sharing decades of leadership experience, insights and best practice we can help you sharpen your skills.
Our unique and authentic style, drawing upon learnings from success and failure, will ensure you are better prepared to optimise your performance and meet the challenges of the modern day leader.
We regularly discuss creating and sustaining high performance, enhancing resilience, empowering our mindset and finding professional and personal fulfilment.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 97
The Comfort Trap: Why we stay stuck (and how to get unstuck)
SUMMARY SECTION
Why do so many talented leaders stay stuck in jobs, relationships, or routines that no longer serve them? In this episode of The Lonely Leader Podcast, James Rule explores the hidden forces that keep us trapped in our comfort zones from the sunk cost fallacy to identity attachment and fear of judgment. Discover practical ways to push through discomfort, redefine success and create meaningful change in your leadership and life.
Whether you’re feeling stuck in your career, your business, or your mindset this episode will help you see that staying comfortable comes at a cost.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
In this powerful follow on to How to get comfortable with being uncomfortable, James Rule dives deeper into why we stay stuck and how to finally move beyond the limits of comfort.
Drawing from psychology, leadership experience, and real-world coaching insights, this episode uncovers the truth behind the comfort trap that quiet, invisible space where growth goes to die.
ABOUT THE HOST
James is an experienced mentor, coach and thought leader who works with a range of clients from FTSE 100 companies, SME´s the NHS and wider public and not for profit sectors.
His twenty year career in elite sport initially as a professional rugby player but predominantly as a chief executive has given him an invaluable insight in managing the success, failures and pressures associated with leadership at the highest level.
As a high performance coach James specialises in enhancing resilience and leadership development. He is a passionate advocate of the notion that to find lasting fulfilment we need to take a holistic view of high performance.
EPISODES TO CHECK OUT NEXT
Episode 93 - Inside The Lonely Leader: My story, my philosophy, my purpose
Episode 96 - How to get comfortable with being uncomfortable
Episode 6 - Combatting Sunday afternoon work anxiety
CONNECT & CONTACT
Website www.thelonelyleader.co.uk
Email: hello@thelonelyleader.co.uk
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