Are You Tired of Others Rejecting Your New Ideas?
The comfort zone wants only one thing out of life — to be comfortable! People protect their comfort by ignoring or shooting down your new ideas. It’s automatic. A new idea gets it’s first negative response within 3 seconds. If you’re dealing with extra polite people — 10 seconds! What’s happening is, when someone hears your new idea, his comfort zone suddenly feels besieged. It’s more comfortable to repel your idea than to become vulnerable by welcoming in your new idea. Here are 4 smart suggestions that can help get your ideas accepted easier:
If the person is bottom line oriented — business, business, business — let her know the benefits to the organization and customers. She’ll feel more comfortable considering your idea.
If the person kind of has an ego, let him know the benefit to him personally.
If the person is warm and loving, let her know the benefits to other people, especially co-workers.
And if the person is detail oriented, then give her a stack of supporting evidence. I mean physically give her books, reports, computer downloads, web sites, and printed statistics! She probably won’t read them but her comfort zone will feel comfortable having it.
It’s smart to remember: take care of others’ comfort zones and they won’t be so quick to dismiss or ignore your ideas.
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